The Moushabeck family, owners of Interlink Publishing–the leading publisher of Middle Eastern books and the only Palestinian family-owned publishing house in the US–has announced the launch of a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to sharing voices from the Global South and historically under-resourced communities.
The foundation, in partnership with Interlink Publishing, aims to inform and expand public discourse on issues of global significance and preserve and archive cultural heritage in the face of erasure and censorship.
The foundation’s initiatives include amplifying banned, suppressed, and censored voices, championing translations to make foreign works accessible to US readers, archiving important cultural works to preserve heritage, providing mentorship and editorial guidance to emerging writers, supporting author tours and speaking events that spark critical conversations, and fostering community through annual writers’ retreats and literary events.
- In April 2025, the Interlink Foundation was awarded a $100,000 grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts.
- In May, 2025 the Interlink Foundation sponsored Queer Kidlit Camp which welcomed 50 queer writers, illustrators, and book workers to a private retreat center in Vermont for education, connection and community building.
- In September, 2025, The Interlink Foundation sponsored the second annual Read & Resist Fest, an outdoor social justice festival which attracted over 1000 attendees. The festival featured a book sale, more than twenty queer, trans and/or BIPOC vendors, children’s activities, all-ages workshops, teach-ins, music, and food.
- In December 2025, Interlink Foundation will launch an imprint of the same name, distributed by Interlink Publishing, with their first release: Palestine Mapped: From the River to the Sea in Early Geographic Thought by historical researcher Thomas Suárez.
Founded by the Palestinian American Moushabeck family in 1987, Interlink Publishing has long been committed to representing non-Western cultures in literature. In 2024, ownership transferred from Michel and Ruth Moushabeck to their three daughters and son-in-law. Today, with the launch of the Interlink Foundation, the family seeks to continue their legacy of empowering marginalized voices and ensure that stories from these communities are heard in the wake of censorship and suppression, particularly of voices who advocate for the liberation of their homeland.
“Literature is a gateway to a people’s soul,” says Michel Moushabeck, co-founder of Interlink Publishing and board director of the Interlink Foundation. “Our foundation is dedicated to preserving these voices, building a more inclusive literary landscape, and challenging the status quo.” The foundation calls on individuals and organizations to support this critical work in making diverse stories accessible to readers worldwide.
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