Palestinian Writer Tariq Ra’ouf Inks Memoir Deal with Interlink Publishing

Palestinian American journalist and viral activist Tariq Ra’ouf has signed a memoir deal with Interlink Publishing, officially announced on June 2, 2025. The book, acquired by editor Hannah Moushabeck, will hit shelves in summer 2026.

Known for their raw, unfiltered posts that regularly go viral across Instagram and X, Ra’ouf built a platform by exposing performative allyship and corporate silencing from the inside, including at Disney and Apple, where they once worked. Their 2024 essay “Rotten to the Core” for Mondoweiss, detailing Apple’s internal suppression of pro-Palestinian voices, became a defining moment in their career and a flashpoint across activist circles.

The upcoming memoir will trace nearly 20 years of Ra’ouf’s life, from hiding behind the name “Kyle” to assimilate into white spaces, to reclaiming their Palestinian Muslim identity after the death of their grandmother in 2019. “I hid away into a world of whiteness in order to fit in,” they wrote.“But then I rediscovered my passion for my identity and my people.”