AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Simon & Schuster signs Palestinian author with a long trail of antisemitic posts
Atria Books, a prestigious imprint of Simon & Schuster, has agreed to republish two novels by Palestinian writer Susan Abulhawa, an author whose social media history includes calling Jews "ghouls," "cockroaches," "demons," and worse. The publisher's spokeswoman, Jessica Laino, sent a press release to the Washington Free Beacon in July praising Abulhawa's "signature lyrical voice" […] The post Simon & Schuster signs Palestinian author with a long trail of antisemitic posts appeared first on American Almanac .
Atria Books, a prestigious imprint of Simon & Schuster, has agreed to republish two novels by Palestinian writer Susan Abulhawa, an author whose social media history includes calling Jews "ghouls," "cockroaches," "demons," and worse. The publisher's spokeswoman, Jessica Laino, sent a press release to the Washington Free Beacon in July praising Abulhawa's "signature lyrical voice" and "nuanced characters." Atria plans to rerelease her novels Mornings in Jenin and The Blue Between Sky and Water on September 29, 2026. Neither Simon & Schuster nor its parent company, the private equity firm KKR, responded to requests for comment about Abulhawa's public statements. Those statements are not ambiguous. They are not buried in old archives. And…Open