Haifa Fieldnotes

Thanks for visiting. I'm khulud, a feminist Palestinian writer living in Haifa. Here I share my experiences within broader socio-political contexts. I play around with poetry, and publish fragments of fiction-in-progress. My first novel, Haifa Fragments, is available from Spinifex Press (Australia) and New Internationalist (UK)

24 February 2016

moving to wordpress

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Friends, As most of you know, I am deactivating my Facebook account on March 8th. This is also a great opportunity for me to invest more ...
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22 February 2016

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*** Goodbye Facebook – deactivating account *** I am turning 41 on March 8th. This past year has been a year full of both wonders and cha...
17 January 2016

Palestinian women breaking the silence surrounding sexual violence - #تسكتيش

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Tuskuteesh  #تسكتيش  is a new initiative born out of the dire need to break the silence about sexual violence within the Palestinian so...
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12 January 2016

on affection - from "Taboos in Arabic," manuscript-in-progress

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Old wrinkled men hugging and kissing each other three times on the cheeks, out in the allies between their homes, cousins meeting up at the ...
4 January 2016

Israeli Authorities keep a list of addresses belonging to Palestinians

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Last Friday, January 1 st , a Palestinian man, citizen of Israel, opened fire with a stolen machine gun in Tel Aviv, murdering two young Je...
23 November 2015

assisting a Palestinian trans woman

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To my international friends. We, the Haifa feminists, are trying to help a young Palestinian trans woman start a new life in Haifa. She has ...
6 November 2015

4 October 2003 - from "Taboos in Arabic"

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12:07 Salma is panting, trying to keep up with her 52 year old father. It’s a sunny day, with swishes of wind. Saturdays are their togeth...
16 October 2015

keep the children out of it

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Nura is three years old. She’s from Beer El Sabea in the Naqab. At her age, I imagine she cannot grasp the fact that she has become one of ...
11 October 2015

Review of Haifa Fragments by Chris Brazier, co-editor at New Internationalist

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4 October 2015

Bisan's first day in Haifa - from Taboos in Arabic, work-in-progress

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Bisan's first day in Haifa: "Bisan was dropped off at the Haifa university dorms in the late morning hours by her brother Mahmoud, ...
18 July 2015

On Running, Writing, Smoking

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Last night, I put on my Smile-Sweat-Repeat running T-shirt on, my black running leggings, ankle socks, and my Saucony running shoes. I put ...
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17 July 2015

Two: Respect your Art [Spaces of Artful Living]

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The feeling of exhilaration was all-encompassing once the decision to take an unpaid leave was made. It was a breath I didn’t know I was ho...
16 July 2015

One: On unpaid leave [Spaces of Artful Living]

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So I’ve been on a sort of unpaid leave from work since the beginning of June. My initial plan was to take six months off work about t...
14 June 2015

Q&A about Haifa Fragments

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Haifa Fragments, first published by Spinifex Press , is about to be published in the UK by New Internationalist . Read the Q&A, whe...
24 May 2015

hidden garden behind a row of Haifa city blocks

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this morning discovering a garden no - a haven after ten years in this block hidden behind a locked gate. last week, I received my own k...
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khulud khamis
Hi, I'm khulud khamis, a Palestinian feminist writer, born to a Slovak mother and a Palestinian father. Growing up in two countries and between two cultures, my identity is composed of both, and my multicultural background affects my writing. I write fiction, poetry and non-fiction fragments. My first novel, “Haifa Fragments,” was published in 2015 by Spinifex Press (Australia), New Internationalist (UK), and translated into Italian and Turkish. I hold a Master’s degree in English Literature from the University of Haifa. The title of my MA thesis is: "A Space of Her Own: Sexuality, Silence and Negotiating Spaces in Homer's Odyssey and Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. A Feminist Reading." In my fiction, poetry, as well as non-fiction, I deal with political and social issues such as identity, belonging, racism and discrimination, art as political resistance, hard-core social taboos in the Palestinian society, and issues affecting women and the LGBTQI community, all from a feminist perspective. I’m a feminist activist, member of the feminist organization Isha L’Isha – Haifa Feminist Center.
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