Sailing Beyond Hudood: Memory is a Verb - Panel Discussion

​Link for in-person event in NYC:
Coastal Lines Press: Memory is a Verb | BOYFRIEND co-op | Sun, Nov 29, 2026 | BOYFRIEND co-op café + bar

Memory Is a Verb

​Different cities. Different time zones. One shared question: how do you stay yourself when the places that made you are gone? Five authors from Gaza, bringing their memories. Come remember with us.

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​We usually talk about memory as something we keep: a photo album, a house key, a street we can still walk in our heads. But what happens to identity when the places that held those memories are gone?

​In this panel, five authors from Gaza take on that question through their own writing and experience. Together we’ll ask how memory shapes who we are, and what it means to carry a home, a childhood, and a sense of self across cities, borders, and time zones. For some of us, memory is something to rebuild. For others, it’s something to carry, to argue over, to preserve, or to finally let go of. Each of us remembers differently, and those differences are part of the story.

​This is a conversation about identity as something that survives, not because the archive survives, but because we keep remembering.

​Speakers:
Nourhan Abushahin
Eva Abu Mariaam
Khalid Al-Qershali
Mariam Al-Khatib
Haneen Zaqout

​This session will take place virtually and in person in NYC and Berlin. Zines will be available for sale at the in-person gatherings.

​New York City

​Boyfriend Co-op Cafe + Bar

​1157 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206

​1:00-3:00 PM

​Registration link: Coastal Lines Press: Memory is a Verb | BOYFRIEND co-op | Sun, Nov 29, 2026 | BOYFRIEND co-op café + bar

​Berlin

​Casino for Social Medicine

​Sonnenallee 100, 12045 Berlin

​6:00-10:00 PM (talk begins at 7:00 PM CET)