An independent political publishing house run by and for people of colour.
Hajar publishes books by writers of colour with original and transformative ways of seeing, imagining and remaking the world.
We don’t believe in an either/or distinction between beautiful and revolutionary. Why not both?
Our publications aim to challenge, connect and inspire readers to see and think differently.
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The First Jasmines
Saima Begum
East Pakistan, 1971. Two sisters are captured by the Pakistan Army and thrown into a world of horror.
‘A haunting, lyrical debut … Begum takes the reader into the darkest depths of human nature and leads them back towards the faintest crack of light and hope.’ — Shahnaz Ahsan
Sambac Beneath Unlikely Skies
Heba Hayek
Tender yet brutal vignettes on a girlhood in Gaza, Palestine, filled with honey and warmth.
Winner of the Creative Award in the 2022 Palestine Book Awards.
Chosen as a 2021 Book of the Year by The White Review, Middle East Eye & The New Arab.
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