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Palestine by Joe Sacco

11 reviews

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Deportation

slaskin1's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective

4.5

Good journalistic styled book with a lot of personal stories detailing Israel’s systemic discrimination against Palestinians- highly recommend the read especially if you’re pro Israel 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Genocide, Antisemitism, and Colonisation

torismazarine's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

dafni's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Although a graphic novel, this is still a hard read especially when one reflects on what is happening today in Palestine and when the book was written (1990s). As a reader, I am thankful for the Palestinian stories and resistance to have come to light, and I have learned a lot from this book, as historical information is presented in a very accessible way and through people’s lived experience.  However, I felt more hopeless for all the efforts these people have done over the years to feel heard and witness supportive action from the West and neighbour Arab countries, and how we have utterly disappointed them (and we are still doing so). This is probably why it took me ages to finish it. The photojournalistic element and graphic design is outstanding. The only detail I did not appreciate throughout the book is the author’s commentary, which was an effort to be humorous/sarcastic (?), I don’t know, but was definitely not needed and only added to my frustration 🙃

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Ableism and Antisemitism

robinks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A powerful collection of images and information about the occupation of Palestine. The comics cover a wide range of intersectional topics. Sacco also writes about and acknowledges his privileges in being able to travel safely and have comforts in Gaza. It is wild but also unsurprising that this was drawn based on experience in the early 1990s, and 30 years later, it still rings true based on news from journalists in Palestine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Excrement, Antisemitism, and Deportation

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, and War

beanmilkcantread's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Deportation

brookey8888's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

I’m choosing not to rate this because I don’t think it would be fair. I did learn a lot and I liked hearing about Palestinian stories and what these people went and are still going through. That being said this was told in such a confusing way to me. I also did not like the art style either. These things made it harder for me to understand and learn about some of the things mentioned. I do think this was well done, but maybe pick something else up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

meganpbell's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

4.5

Eyewitness journalism meets comics in this landmark work of graphic nonfiction, based on over a hundred interviews in Gaza and the West Bank during the author’s visit in the 1990s. This book is intense, ugly, heartbreaking, and remains unfortunately not only relevant but urgent. The author comes across as pretty unlikeable—but you have to respect his transparency. I read this on the recommendation of Jewish author Sim Kern.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Mass/school shootings

katharina90's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Informative, heartbreaking and infuriating. The author's deadpan commentary provides the occasional comic relief. 

This non-fiction comic is roughly 30 years old but sadly it's as relevant as ever (even though some of the language hasn't aged well). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, and Colonisation

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Sexism, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Fatphobia

carleesi's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

2.0

The stories in this book are incredibly important but good god I hate the author.

He is so misogynistic. The way he speaks about women is disgusting, and he even ends the measly chapter he writes about women (that’s right, they get a separate chapter because they’re obviously not part of the whole story) with a sexist joke. He acknowledges his sexism and delivers it anyway. He constantly comments on women’s appearances as if that is a sign of whether they deserve respect or attention and he is so dismissive of the women he speaks to. He even admits that he doesn’t see the Palestinian women as people, and is shocked when a Palestinian woman actually speaks to him (so shocked that her dialogue gets a super respectful “blah blah blah”).

He is clearly on the side of Palestine and I really appreciate having access to Palestinian perspectives but he is also super islamophobic sometimes. He critiques the anti-semitism of the Palestinians he talks to, but then jokes about terrorism and repeatedly questions women about their head coverings in a way that’s at best condescending and at worst outright offensive.

He simultaneously positions himself as “in the story” and “above the story”. Like he tells about people begging him for help, crying, pleading, and then makes a flippant comment about forgetting their name or trying to keep the conversation upbeat. He complains about the over enthusiastic hospitality but takes food and shelter from refugees.

To go into this community and take the stories from people for his comic to succeed (as he repeatedly says) and then portray that it was beyond him to offer help… it’s sickening. His blasé attitude towards the stories he shares is enraging. His treatment of people is nothing short of unethical and his view of himself is so beyond inflated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Ableism, Sexism, Antisemitism, and Islamophobia