misspalah's review
5.0
As i just finished this book, i cant help but wonder how much longer people will take to notice thats what happened in Palestine is a modern day apartheid. If western medias and countries can denounce South Africa during their apartheid days, why not keeping the same energy on Palestine? I found this on Big Bad Wolf Book Sales last year and contemplating to get it or not. Then i saw few of my favorite authors that i recognized on the cover like Raja Shehadeh, Pankaj Mishra and Mohammed Hanif. A prominent activist like Alice Walker also contributed a piece of her mind in this. Overall, this book comprised of a cluster of thoughts, proses, poems and stories written by the authors who joined Palestinian Literary Festivals, shared a common hatred towards zionism and wants a peaceful lives for Palestinian.
shamssss's review
3.0
2.5 stars
I really wanted to like this a bit more.
Some of the poems (usually ones written by Arabs/Palestinians) were amazing
"We don't need another book
explaining the situation
we need a lesson plan
to stop the next bomb
from dropping.
silence is complicity
over-intellectualisation tells us
to theorise on the power of art
while farmers are kicked off land
children are stoned
on the way to school
people are caged in
beaten and split
from loved ones
blasted and broken
in blockaded dungeons
bought and paid for
with our tax dollars
we are part of the problem
that is not theoretical"
However most of the book was about a bunch of white authors visiting occupied Palestine and sharing their experiences. (Which ended up being very VERY repetitive)
I really wanted to like this a bit more.
Some of the poems (usually ones written by Arabs/Palestinians) were amazing
"We don't need another book
explaining the situation
we need a lesson plan
to stop the next bomb
from dropping.
silence is complicity
over-intellectualisation tells us
to theorise on the power of art
while farmers are kicked off land
children are stoned
on the way to school
people are caged in
beaten and split
from loved ones
blasted and broken
in blockaded dungeons
bought and paid for
with our tax dollars
we are part of the problem
that is not theoretical"
However most of the book was about a bunch of white authors visiting occupied Palestine and sharing their experiences. (Which ended up being very VERY repetitive)
jherane's review
4.0
I really really appreciate getting more insight to the day-to-day lives of Palestinians, and understanding that the situation is soooo much worse than I had imagined (which is saying a lot) and it's startling how silent we (globally) are to this slow moving genocide.
This book could've been half the size. It's a very important collection but it becomes repetitive after a while since they're all telling the same story from different perspectives.
3.5 rounded up.
This book could've been half the size. It's a very important collection but it becomes repetitive after a while since they're all telling the same story from different perspectives.
3.5 rounded up.
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