Carnal Politics is a hybrid project taking the form of a written article and a speculative photo exhibition that investigates the intricate relations between sex, desire, and anti-colonial deviance in Mandate Palestine (1918–1948). The work is based on archival research, including police records and court proceedings, internal and external colonial correspondences, and public statements and press writings. The 1918–48 period was a critical one. This project moves beyond well-studied institutional structures and social formations—such as the establishment of British colonial rule, the concomitant shifting terrain of Zionist settlement practices, and instances of Palestinian mass anti-colonial resistance—to focus on the carnal as a libidinal force that permeates all these transformations. Carnal Politics works with and beyond the colonial archive to uncover the politics of sex and desire in Mandatory Palestine.