Palestine is Everywhere: Book of testimony from Gaza set to grow into digital archive in 2026

More than a year into the destruction of Gaza, a group of publishers – horrified by the scale of devastation and the silence that followed – came together to consider how Palestinian creatives might be better heard.

Long committed to supporting communities facing ecological and political crisis, Madrid-based TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary found a way, with its partners, to help amplify Palestinian voices through culture.

Co-published by TBA21, Silver Press and the87Press in October, and edited by Skye Arundhati Thomas, Edwin Nasr and Gloria Habsburg, Palestine Is Everywhere is a contributor-led anthology of testimony-led poetry, essays and artworks from Gaza and beyond.

Bringing together first-hand accounts alongside academic essays, poems, protest chronicles and letters from prison, the book is a call to bear witness. As the genocide unfolded, Palestinian writers, artists and photographers continued to document, translate and transmit fragments of their lives through blackouts, bombardment and grief.

“Their commitment demanded a response,” says Rosa Ferre, co-director of TBA21. “We began discussing this project in December 2023, at a moment when public discourse itself seemed to collapse. By April 2024, our intentions had crystallised, and we invited Skye Arundhati Thomas to lead the book’s development. We shared a conviction: that culture must respond to crisis not with neutrality, but with solidarity – especially with those most at risk of being silenced.”

Assembling the book, Ferre explains, was a formidable challenge. Fragile communications, contributors spread across continents and the emotional strain of the war on everyone involved made the collaboration difficult to sustain.

Palestine is Everywhere features editorial pieces and translated works. Photo: TBA21

“And still, through that fragility, something astonishing took shape: a network grounded in trust, care and friendship,” she says.