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Mahmoud al-Shaer and Muhammad al-Zaqzouq (digitally) in conversation

A Conversation with Palestine is everywhere and 28 Magazine

Segovia 2026, 

Co-published by TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Silver Press, and the87Press, and edited by Skye Arundhati Thomas, Edwin Nasr and Gloria Habsburg, Palestine is everywhere is a contributor-led anthology of testimony, poetry, essays, and artworks from Gaza and beyond. This editorial project, initiated in 2023, expands in 2026 with a series of commissioned visual, sonic, and multimedia works presented on a dynamic digital platform, bringing it into the present tense. https://palestineiseverywhere.tba21.org/

Mahmoud al-Shaer and Muhammad al-Zaqzouq used to run a magazine in Gaza called 28 Magazine, a platform for writers and artists on the ground. They had to halt their operations for the past two and a half years due to the genocide, but are currently creating a special edition of the magazine in collaboration with the Palestine is everywhere digital platform. This issue of 28 Magazine will reflect on the complex state of living in a suspended war, and the devastating reality in Gaza after the declaration of a so-called ceasefire on the 11th of October 2025.

Muhammad al-Zaqzouq, one of the book's talented contributors, will be joining the conversation on Zoom from Gaza, circumstances permitting. He will be in conversation with Mahmoud al-Shaer, a gifted poet and editor of 28 Magazine; together they will reflect on the power of testimony: as written record, as an act of history-making, as a means of preserving memory, and as a form with its own distinct and enduring literary ambitions. The conversation will be moderated by Gloria Habsburg, one of the editors of Palestine is everywhere.

*All royalties from this project will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and The Arab Group for the Protection of Nature (APN).

At the end of the event, the authors will be signing copies of their books

Event in English with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish