Yahia Lababidi, Arab-American of Palestinian background, is the author of 11 critically-acclaimed books of aphorisms, essays, poetry and conversations. Lababidi’s latest is Palestine Wail (Daraja Press, 2024) a love letter to Gaza, composed during the Genocide as well as Quarantine Notes (Fomite Press, 2023) short meditations reflecting on our global pandemic. Previous publications include: Desert Songs (Rowayat, 2022) a bilingual, photographic account of his desert retreats in Egypt; Learning to Pray (Kelsay Books, 2021) a collection of spiritual aphorisms and poems; as well as Revolutions of the Heart (Wipf & Stock, 2020) a mixed-genre compendium of his essays and conversations on crises and transformation.