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 and imagining the world.

We don’t believe in upholding 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.

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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