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Before the Next Bomb Drops: Rising Up from Brooklyn to Palestine by Remi Kanazi
5 reviews
warlocksarecool21's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
fast-paced
5.0
This poetry collection was really powerful. Witty and heartbreaking, Kanazi’s poems brought attention to life in occupied Palestine while also making scathing commentary of the United States’ complicity in Israel’s crimes and its own brutality against Black and Brown people in America.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Genocide, Racial slurs, Gore, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Racism, Islamophobia, Police brutality, and War
booksbeyondthebinary's review
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Colonisation, Racism, Torture, and Islamophobia
abbie_'s review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Brutal, spare, unflinching and unapologetic about Kanazi’s right to be angry about the brutalities suffered by his people in Palestine. I can and cannot believe that people come up to him after his shows and tell him he should lighten it up, be less aggressive when his family members are being killed. Why are white people so intent on tone policing the grief of people of colour, it’s disgusting. I can only imagine how powerful these short, sharp poems would be spoken aloud by the author.
Published in 2015, another brilliant collection for anyone who seems to think that Palestine’s history of tragedy began on 7th October 2023. Anyone wilfully ignoring history at this point is doing untold damage.
Published in 2015, another brilliant collection for anyone who seems to think that Palestine’s history of tragedy began on 7th October 2023. Anyone wilfully ignoring history at this point is doing untold damage.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Islamophobia, Torture, Murder, Religious bigotry, Death, Violence, Police brutality, Racism, and Child death
katharina90's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
fast-paced
5.0
A strong collection of modern poetry.
"we will return
that is not a threat
not a wish
a hope
or a dream
but a promise"
From: Nakba
"this is not normal
not rational
but it is
and it was
and it won't stop being
just because you refuse
to acknowledge it"
From: Lit Up
"the world is a messed-up place
and you seem to be profiting nicely"
From: Nothing to Worry About
"you want to battle oppression?
confront your own complicity
in communities of solidarity"
From: Solidarity
"your system of injustice
is coming to an end
and whether you
recognize it or not yet
it will be liberating
for you too"
From: Normalize This!
"we will return
that is not a threat
not a wish
a hope
or a dream
but a promise"
From: Nakba
"this is not normal
not rational
but it is
and it was
and it won't stop being
just because you refuse
to acknowledge it"
From: Lit Up
"the world is a messed-up place
and you seem to be profiting nicely"
From: Nothing to Worry About
"you want to battle oppression?
confront your own complicity
in communities of solidarity"
From: Solidarity
"your system of injustice
is coming to an end
and whether you
recognize it or not yet
it will be liberating
for you too"
From: Normalize This!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism, Violence, Colonisation, Death, and Police brutality
o_w_e_n's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, and Violence
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