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Golbarg Bashi was born in Iran, raised in Sweden, and educated in the UK and US. For over a decade, Dr. Bashi has designed and taught interdisciplinary courses on various aspects of medieval and modern history of west Asia, as well as Islamic art, critical methodologies in a wide range of disciplines. After a full-time career as an academic, she is now focused on diversifying children's media and empowering children from underrepresented and marginalised countries and communities with positive, environmentally conscious, and fun stories that inform all the interconnectedness of world cultures. She lives with her family in New York. Golrokh Nafisi is a children's book illustrator, animator, and puppet maker engaged in the contemporary conceptual art scene. In her works, she covers daily events, lives of ordinary people, and the politics of the societies she lives in. She is based between Amsterdam and Tehran.
""[T]he book should be outright banned from American bookstores."" -Fox News ""[T]he first ABC picture book about Palestine is definitely an important book for people of Palestinian heritage who want to share it with their children."" --Alex Supko, librarian for Baltimore County Public Library, writer at Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association ""[C]heerful little book, in which a curly-haired young girl guides us through her homeland... A genuine celebration of the historical diversity of Palestine, the book does a stellar job of reminding Westerners, many of whom believe Christianity is a Western religion, that it is Palestine that is the birthplace of Christianity."" --Nada Elia, Palestinian author and journalist ""Parenting is hard enough. Now add to the mix raising Palestinian children to be proud of their heritage, history, and homeland amidst an onslaught of negative and demeaning messages...The book presents a beautifully illustrated, unapologetically proud narrative of Palestinian identity...The racist portrayal of us as violent, angry, irrational, uncivilized, and incapable of living in peace with their neighbors is far too common... P Is for Palestine is exactly the kind of positive reinforcement needed by children whose identity is constantly under attack."" --Dr. Yousef Munayyer, executive director of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) ""[T]he post-colonial space...[for diverse book] genre (Babar notwithstanding) is pretty unpopulated, so I was excited to spot P Is for Palestine...The book is fantastic on so many different levels: it features a little girl with curly black hair, big eyes and brown skin; the illustrations are gorgeous; and it teaches the alphabet through egalitarian and multi-cultural words from both Arabic and English."" --Radhika Sainath, American author and civil rights lawyer ""When does a children's book get coverage in the New York Post ('Page Six, ' no less), the Forward, Ha'aretz, the New York Daily News, and Breitbart? ...teaching and learning about Palestine has been a sore spot for Zionists. The book provides an ocular target for their existential anxiety."" --Steven Salaita, professor of American Indian Studies and a prolific scholar of immigration, indigenous peoples, dislocation, race, ethnicity and multiculturalism ""This powerful book will prove to be pivotal for so many young Palestinians on their search for identity and belonging, and will introduce countless others to a place and people that have been marginalized for too long in their struggle for equality. I can't wait to buy copies for my niece, and her friends. P Is for 'Palestine', and also for 'Proud.'"" --Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, Palestinian-American Emmy-nominated journalist, broadcaster, and senior correspondent for AJ+ ""You will fall in love with this innovative, much needed, and beautifully illustrated Palestinian alphabet book. Highly recommended!"" --Dr. Jack G. Shaheen, author of Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People ""This book provides an attractive and thoughtful introduction to the heritage and culture of Palestine that will be appreciated by children whose families come from Palestine, and by children everywhere."" --Dr. Rashid Khalidi, globally renowned Palestinian-American scholar, author, and the Edward Said professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University ""P Is for Palestine is a colorful manifestation of all that is beautiful about t
