Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

17 reviews

amaranth_wytch's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

aishakare's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

zombiezami's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Vomit, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

aliireads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Great book! Well-written and very relevant and informative. Ahed tells her story and the story of her family/people. The book is sad and hard to read at times, but also inspiring with the stories of resistance and resilience. I would recommend this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ninakeller's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

5.0

Ahed Tamimi comes from a long line of steadfast freedom fighters who assert their humanity in the face of Israeli occupation of their home. At just 23 years old, she tells the story of her childhood challenges of frequent raids on her home, enduring unpredictable checkpoints, being restricted from the sea, seeing her family members brutalized and even killed.

Of course, she details the infamous slap which, at age 16, resulted in interrogation and imprisonment that has been condemned by Amnesty International.

While imprisoned, she learned about international law and international humanitarian law, and became committed to studying and practicing law for the purpose of combatting Israeli apartheid. Underlying her fight for Palestinian liberation, she consistently reiterates that people are people, and how much she appreciates foreigners and Israelis and Jews who join her people in solidarity and struggle. She speaks of the pity she feels for Zionists who have been sold propaganda and stripped of their humanity. In the context of brutal acceleration of US-supported, Israeli government aggression that has escalated to indiscriminate carpet bombing and genocide, reading her right now sort of helps, as we all watch the horrifying events unfolding in Gaza. 

In the book she appeals to the reader to take action by spreading awareness, further educating yourself, and standing in solidarity for people combatting oppression. All this, BEFORE the retaliation of October 7 horrors and subsequent ICJ ruling and UN appeals.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, and Colonisation

brynalexa's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Palestine will be free. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War

kimreads14's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad

Tamimi's story is one of thousands that you will hear if you take the time to listen to Palestinian voices. Her recounting of what she went through during her teenage years inside Israeli prison system. 

Ahed is truly a freedom fighter and the fact that she willingly shared her traumatic experience is incredible. She is inspiring and I truly hope that anyone who reads or listens to this book will realize what Palestinian children have to endure daily. 🍉 🫒

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexism, Torture, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

megnut's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Islamophobia, Grief, Murder, and Colonisation

fireinherveinzz's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Profound informative read . Nothing is sanitized for your comfort the truth is there for you to read and now watch take it or leave it . The time is now to act and stand for a free Palestine and end to this continued genocide. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and War

c_peach's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Everyone should read this book. I historically have a difficult time following current world and historical events and feeling like I have a good grasp on them (hello white American privilege I know). As someone who has been horrified by the genoc*de currently being committed to the Palestinian people, this book did an amazing job capturing the life of Ahed and the trauma Palestinians endure, while also including information on history of Israel’s occupation, apartheid, and treatment of Palestinians - especially in recent years. This book made a difficult subject approachable for me and I will continue learning more.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Torture, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Blood and Vomit