Dar al-Bargouthi

Dar al-Bargouthi (Arabic: دار البرغوثي للنشر والتوزيع, 'Dar al-Bargouthi for Publishing and Distribution') is a Palestinian publishing house. According to its own description, it is a scholarly institution concerned with collecting, publishing and distributing publications and writings related to the culture of resistance to the Israeli occupation of Palestine, with particular emphasis on books produced by Palestinian prisoners inside Israeli detention centres and prisons, as well as research and studies written about them. The publisher's catalogue is dominated by the writings of Dr. Abdullah Ghaleb al-Bargouthi, a Palestinian author and former prisoner whose works span memoir, novel, poetry, essay and religious-political thought. Titles promoted on the house's website include 'Engineer on the Road... the Living Martyr' (مهندس على الطريق... الشهيد الحي), 'Engineer on the Road... Prince of the Shadow' (مهندس على الطريق... أمير الظل), 'Prince of the Shadow' (أمير الظل), 'The Compass of Resistance' (بوصلة المقاومة), 'Roses with the Smell of Blood' (ورود برائحة الدمّ), 'The Jerusalemite and the Demons of the Alleged Temple' (المقدسي وشیاطین الھیكل المزعوم), 'The Engineer, Angel of Mercy' (المهندسة ملاك الرحمة), 'Palestine, the Lover and the Beloved' (فلسطين العاشقة والمعشوق), 'The Guillotine... and the Zionist Shin Bet Agents' (المقصلة.. وجواسیس الشاباك الصهیوني), 'The Glorious... Memories Without Ink and Paper' (الماجدة.. ذكریات بلا حبر وورق), 'The Rifle Pens' series (أقـلام البندقية), and 'Jihad and Palestine: The Geography of Conflict and the Promise' (الجهاد وفلسطين جغرافيا الصراع والوعد). The house also publishes poetry, such as the diwan 'Qiblat al-Abtal' (قبلة الأبطال) by the imprisoned hero Yahya Hajj Hamad, and short-story collections. Its output is organised on the website into thematic sections including novels, poetry and poets, thought and da'wa, and articles. Dar al-Bargouthi operates as a private, independent publisher rather than a listed company. Its public activity includes book-launch events; the website documents a ceremony for the launch of two books, 'Al-Majida' and 'Al-Maqsala', dated 14 October 2022, and a launch event for the book 'Shari'at al-Ghab wa al-Khurafa'. The publisher's identity is closely tied to the prison literature and resistance-culture milieu of Palestine, and it presents itself as a vehicle for preserving and circulating that body of writing.

Dar al-Bargouthi for Publishing and Distribution is a Palestinian publishing house whose public profile is built around the prison literature and resistance culture of Palestine. In its own self-description, it presents itself as a scholarly institution concerned with collecting, publishing and distributing publications and writings related to the culture of resistance to the Israeli occupation of Palestine, with special attention to books issued by Palestinian prisoners inside Israeli detention centres and prisons, and to the research and studies written about them. The publisher's catalogue is closely associated with the work of Dr. Abdullah Ghaleb al-Bargouthi, a Palestinian author and former prisoner. His books form the core of the house's list, spanning memoir, novel, poetry, essay and religious-political thought. Among the titles promoted on the website are 'Engineer on the Road... the Living Martyr' (مهندس على الطريق... الشهيد الحي), described as a continuation of the first part titled 'Engineer on the Road... Prince of the Shadow' (مهندس على الطريق... أمير الظل); 'Prince of the Shadow' (أمير الظل); 'The Compass of Resistance' (بوصلة المقاومة); 'Roses with the Smell of Blood' (ورود برائحة الدمّ); 'The Jerusalemite and the Demons of the Alleged Temple' (المقدسي وشیاطین الھیكل المزعوم); 'The Engineer, Angel of Mercy' (المهندسة ملاك الرحمة); 'Palestine, the Lover and the Beloved' (فلسطين العاشقة والمعشوق); 'The Guillotine... and the Zionist Shin Bet Agents' (المقصلة.. وجواسیس الشاباك الصهیوني); 'The Glorious... Memories Without Ink and Paper' (الماجدة.. ذكریات بلا حبر وورق); the 'Rifle Pens' series (أقـلام البندقية), including Part Three, 'The Qassami Creed' (العقيده القسامية), and Part Four, 'Al-Gharaqida' (الغراقدة); and 'Jihad and Palestine: The Geography of Conflict and the Promise' (الجهاد وفلسطين جغرافيا الصراع والوعد). The house also publishes poetry and short fiction, such as the diwan 'Qiblat al-Abtal' (قبلة الأبطال) by the imprisoned hero Yahya Hajj Hamad, and short-story collections. Its website organises titles into thematic sections including novels, poetry and poets, thought and da'wa, and articles. Publicly, Dar al-Bargouthi has been active in holding book-launch events. The website documents a ceremony for the launch of two books, 'Al-Majida' and 'Al-Maqsala', dated 14 October 2022, and a launch event for the book 'Shari'at al-Ghab wa al-Khurafa'. The publisher operates as a private, independent house rather than a listed company, and its identity is closely tied to the Palestinian prison-literature and resistance-culture milieu.

• Book-launch ceremony held for the two books 'Al-Majida' and 'Al-Maqsala'

• Book-launch event held for 'Shari'at al-Ghab wa al-Khurafa'

A scholarly publishing institution focused on the culture of resistance to the Israeli occupation of Palestine, especially the writings of Palestinian prisoners.

• مهندس على الطريق... الشهيد الحي (Engineer on the Road... the Living Martyr)

• مهندس على الطريق... أمير الظل (Engineer on the Road... Prince of the Shadow)

• أمير الظل (Prince of the Shadow)

• بوصلة المقاومة (The Compass of Resistance)

• ورود برائحة الدمّ (Roses with the Smell of Blood)

• المقدسي وشیاطین الھیكل المزعوم (The Jerusalemite and the Demons of the Alleged Temple)

• المهندسة ملاك الرحمة (The Engineer, Angel of Mercy)

• فلسطين العاشقة والمعشوق (Palestine, the Lover and the Beloved)

• المقصلة.. وجواسیس الشاباك الصهیوني (The Guillotine... and the Zionist Shin Bet Agents)

• الماجدة.. ذكریات بلا حبر وورق (The Glorious... Memories Without Ink and Paper)

• أقـلام البندقية الجزء الثالث / العقيده القسامية (The Rifle Pens, Part Three: The Qassami Creed)

• أقـلام البندقية الجزء الرابع / الغراقدة (The Rifle Pens, Part Four: Al-Gharaqida)

• الجهاد وفلسطين جغرافيا الصراع والوعد (Jihad and Palestine: The Geography of Conflict and the Promise)

• ديوان قبلة الأبطال (Qiblat al-Abtal)

• مجموعة قصص قصيرة / وهم الراية (Short Story Collection / The Illusion of the Banner)

• معتوه في دائرة العقلاء (A Madman in the Circle of the Sane)

• ربّانية الشرِيعَة الإسلاميّة وتراثيّة الشّرَائِع اليهُودِيّة وأثرها على فلسطِين .. الأرض والإنسان (The Divinity of Islamic Law and the Traditionalism of Jewish Laws and Their Impact on Palestine: Land and People)

• مناضل موفق طقز (Militant Muwaffaq Taqaz)

• أحب او لا أحب (I Love or I Do Not Love)

1. 1دار البرغوثي للنشر والتوزيعdaralbargouthi.com
2. 2دار البرغوثي للنشر والتوزيع - About Usdaralbargouthi.com
3. 3Dar al-Bargouthiwikidata.org