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What follows is a love letter written by the Palestinian Feminist Collective. The Palestinian Feminist Collective (PFC) is a US-based body of Palestinian and Arab women and feminists committed to Palestinian social and political liberation through a praxis guided by anti-colonial work and life-affirming decolonization for Palestinians in the homeland and the diaspora. By sharing this Love Letter, we invite our readers to help envision a world built on love and freedom—one in which freedom is guided by unconditional acts of loving without shame and without apology. We are guided by a deep love and respect for the people and lands of Palestine and we weep alongside them while working and envisioning a better present and future for Palestinians.

Thursday November 14, 2019: Sitting on my balcony looking out over the city of Amman, I sip my coffee and begin what has become an integral part of this morning ritual in every corner of the globe. I scroll through my various social media accounts, glancing over the most recent developments in Trump’s impeachment inquiry and the usual posts by friends. This morning, though, there are new posts, denouncing the latest round of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, which began just two days ago on Tuesday, November 12, 2019…

In the middle of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Mina H, a young doctor living in Nahr al Bared refugee camp in Northern Lebanon sent out a digital plea for money and food on Facebook and WhatsApp to her extended family and village network living around the globe. In particular, she harnessed her pre-refugee crisis village network that, socially speaking, is still alive and functioning in digital spaces, to put out the call for help…