Bobuq Sayed is a cultural worker based between Berlin and Miami. They are the author of A Brief History of Australian Terror, a chapbook from Common Room Editions, and NO GOD BUT US, a novel forthcoming from Harper Books in 2026.
Sexual violence towards Palestinians is rampant, systemic, and underreported, and what makes it particularly appalling is how little attention it receives and the skepticism with which it is treated abroad.
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