In conversation
Basma Ghalayini in conversation with John Siddique
John Siddique talks to Basma Ghalayini about her journey from working in IT to editing the anthologies Palestine +100 and Palestine -1.
9th September, 2026
'Because we're continually being bombed and occupied, there's curfews, there's strikes, we can't just stop every time something like this happens or we'll never do anything.'
Basma Ghalayini
Basma Ghalayini is an editor and translator, born in Khan Younis and raised in Gaza City.
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