Metafiction is one of the most prominent narrative techniques in modern literature, as it breaks the traditional narrative illusion and reveals the mechanisms of text construction, creating critical awareness in the reader and making him a partner in the literary production process. This study examines the manifestations of metafiction in the short stories of Ghassan Kanafani, one of the most prominent writers of Palestinian resistance, who successfully merged national commitment with artistic innovation. The study aims to analyze how Kanafani employs metafictional techniques, such as explicit reference to the process of story creation, baring the device, dialogue with the reader, and disclosure of textual thresholds like dedication and dating, in his short story collections: "The Stolen Shirt", "The Land of Sad Oranges", "A World Not Ours", and "Death of Bed No. 12". The study adopts a descriptive-analytical approach, drawing on concepts from Russian Formalism, particularly Viktor Shklovsky's concept of "Defamiliarization," and postmodern theories in analyzing metafiction. The study finds that Kanafani used metafiction not only as a formal game, but also as a critical and political tool aimed at exposing the illusion of narrative realism, critiquing the mechanisms of reality construction, engaging the reader in text construction, and preserving Palestinian collective memory in the face of attempts to erase it. Thus, metafiction in Kanafani's literature becomes a strategy of resistance par excellence, transcending the boundaries of the aesthetic to the political, making writing both a conscious and resistant act.