America’s first Palestinian bookstore has arrived in Los Angeles.
Watermelon Books announced its launch Saturday at the cultural center Holy Ground, calling it a “cultural act of resistance” in a clip promoting the opening last month.
“Imagine 1,000 titles about Palestine and other liberation struggles all under one roof,” entrepreneur/activist Mary Nazzal sad in the video.
Watermelon said the LA shop was its second outpost, joining another in Amman, Jordan.
“This is the next chapter—bringing that vision to the United States and expanding an international cultural project grounded in Palestinian life, history, and imagination,” read a statement from Holy Ground.
“This is how we protect what the world keeps trying to erase.”
Reps from Hold Ground did not respond to a request for comment.
A Launch Good crowdfunding campaign described Watermelon as “not only about books.”
The very first Palestinian bookstore in the US opens tomorrow in LA ✨pic.twitter.com/scOp7dgfbW
“It’s about creating a permanent home for Palestinian literary, historical, and cultural expression at a moment when Palestinian life and history are under sustained assault.”
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