{"product_id":"fire-in-every-direction-paperback","title":"Fire in Every Direction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTareq Baconi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A book filled with love, from and for family, for the region, Palestine, and queer culture.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom renowned Palestinian scholar Tareq Baconi, a powerful memoir of political and queer awakening, of impossible love amidst generations of displacement, and what it means to return home.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth a queer love story and a coming-of-age tale that spans countries and continents, \u003ci\u003eFire in Every Direction \u003c\/i\u003ebalances humor and loss, nostalgia and hope, as it takes us from Haifa to Beirut to Amman to London, and from 1948 to the present. Tareq Baconi crafts a deeply intimate, unforgettable portrait of how a political consciousness--desire and resistance--is passed down through generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1948, Tareq's grandmother, Eva, would flee Haifa as Zionist militias seized the city. In the late 1970s, she would flee Beirut with her daughter, Rima, as the country was in the throes of a civil war. In Amman, the family would eventually obtain the comfort of middle class life--still, a young Tareq would feel trapped: by cultures of silence, by a sense of not belonging, by his own growing awareness that he is in love with his childhood best friend, Ramzi. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter relocating to London for college, Tareq hopes to put aside his past, and begins to work through an understanding of self as a queer man. Yet as the Iraq War radicalizes young people around the world towards anti-war protest, history comes back to him: hushed whispers overheard, stories of his mother's years as an activist in Beirut and her return to Palestine during a moment of calm. Forced to grapple with what it means to live in liminal spaces, Tareq traces the journey of his family before him, and returns to Palestine to grapple with what it means to reclaim what has been silenced, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn \"intimate, mesmerizing meditation on dispossession\" (Omar El Akkad, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author), \u003ci\u003eFire in Every Direction\u003c\/i\u003e will stay with you long after you turn the final page.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTareq Baconi is a Palestinian writer, scholar, and activist. He is the grandson of refugees from Jerusalem and Haifa and grew up between Amman and Beirut. His work has appeared in, among others, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBaffler\u003c\/i\u003e, and he contributes essays to \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written for film; his award-winning BFI short \u003ci\u003eOne Like Him\u003c\/i\u003e, a queer love story set in Jordan, screened in over thirty festivals. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Now\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHamas Contained: A History of Palestinian Resistance, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was shortlisted for the Palestine Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eFire in Every Direction.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67840991789208,"sku":"9781668068571","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/FSFbSnxWd89781668068571.webp?v=1793325079","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/fire-in-every-direction-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}