Tareq Baconi: Fire in Every Direction

Palestinian writer, scholar and activist Tareq Baconi’s Fire in Every Direction is a queer coming-of-age story amongst the turmoil and destruction of war and displacement.

Tareq weaves together his experiences of being split between continents, identities and cultures and explains how these experiences deepened his political consciousness and understanding of the world. For Tareq, there is no separation between the personal and the political in his confrontation with love, loss and hope passed down through generations.

Hear Tareq reflect on his history and the meaning of home with writer Sisonke Msimang.