Authors Take Sides

Randa Abdel-Fattah is a Palestinian Egyptian Muslim multi-award-winning author of 14 books published in over 20 countries. Her most recent books include Coming of Age in the War on Terror (longlisted for the 2022 Stella Prize, shortlisted for the 2022 NSW and Victorian Premiers' Literary Awards), The Very Best Doughnut and her first picture story book, 11 Words for Love, illustrated by Maxine Beneba Clarke.

Dr Ramzy Baroud is the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of six books including My Father Was A Freedom Fighter and The Last Earth. His latest book, co-edited with Ilan Pappé, is Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders & Intellectuals Speak Out.

Mohammed El-Kurd is an award-winning writer from Jerusalem, Palestine. His work has been featured in numerous international outlets and he is currently the Palestine Correspondent for The Nation. RIFQA, his debut collection of poetry, was published in October 2021. Alongside his twin sister Muna, he was named as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine in 2021.

Sophie McNeill is the Australia researcher for Human Rights Watch. She was formerly an investigative reporter with ABC TV’s Four Corners, and a foreign correspondent for the ABC and SBS in the Middle East, winning three Walkley awards for her coverage of Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan. She is the author of We Can’t Say We Didn’t Know: Dispatches from an Age of Impunity.

Peter Singer, professor of bioethics at Princeton University, has written, co-authored, edited or co-edited more than 40 books, including Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, The Life You Can Save, and Ethics in the Real World. He is the founder of the charity The Life You Can Save. In 2021 he was awarded the $1 million Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture, which he donated to non-profit organisations working for the causes he supports.