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Language of War, Language of Peace: Palestine, Israel, and the Search for Justice by Raja Shehadeh
hades9stages's review against another edition
5.0
an outstandingly written book. many non fiction books about conflict and genocide usually, to me, read like they are just news articles copied and pasted together, statistics rolling out constantly and an endless stream of acronyms and names of people you pretend to remember (but you usually don’t know who they’re talking about). perhaps that’s fine for somebody very educated on a matter, but for the large majority of people who want to educate themselves about injustice and zionism, you end up spending more time focusing on names and statistics which takes away from the experience we actually intended on having.
i didn’t have that experience with this book, and i can say that it was just as, or even more informative than many other books that i have read, that are supposed to be like this one. the reader is constantly kept up to date with straight to the point statements, while at the same time everything is covered thoroughly from 1948 onwards.
thank you for this book
i didn’t have that experience with this book, and i can say that it was just as, or even more informative than many other books that i have read, that are supposed to be like this one. the reader is constantly kept up to date with straight to the point statements, while at the same time everything is covered thoroughly from 1948 onwards.
thank you for this book
hades9stages's review against another edition
5.0
an outstandingly written book. many non fiction books about conflict and genocide usually, to me, read like they are just news articles copied and pasted together, statistics rolling out constantly and an endless stream of acronyms and names of people you pretend to remember (but you usually don’t know who they’re talking about). perhaps that’s fine for somebody very educated on a matter, but for the large majority of people who want to educate themselves about injustice and zionism, you end up spending more time focusing on names and statistics which takes away from the experience we actually intended on having.
i didn’t have that experience with this book, and i can say that it was just as, or even more informative than many other books that i have read, that are supposed to be like this one. the reader is constantly kept up to date with straight to the point statements, while at the same time everything is covered thoroughly from 1948 onwards.
thank you for this book
i didn’t have that experience with this book, and i can say that it was just as, or even more informative than many other books that i have read, that are supposed to be like this one. the reader is constantly kept up to date with straight to the point statements, while at the same time everything is covered thoroughly from 1948 onwards.
thank you for this book
doublen's review against another edition
3.0
This book was more of a historical book with some analysis of language, rather than an analysis of the language used in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (which is what I was looking for and thought the book was going to be about).
Still enjoyed the book because I got to learn more about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but disappointed by the misleading summary of the book. So, 3 stars
Still enjoyed the book because I got to learn more about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but disappointed by the misleading summary of the book. So, 3 stars
olenareads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
tense
medium-paced
4.0
sophiareads_'s review against another edition
informative
reflective
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Colonisation
Moderate: Islamophobia and Murder
owihd's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
5.0
I had bought this book randomly one day, wanting to look into the atrocities happening in Palestine Israel closer and after the events of the 7th October this year ... Raja Shehadeh writes very informative and emotionally about some of the most important moments in the history of this genocide. If you want to learn more about the Palestinian side in this "conflict" I would really recommend reading this book, one thing anyone can do is educate themselves even if they can't do anything else. I truly appreciate his insights as a lawyer and recounts of his own experiences, if you stand with Palestine this is a very foundational read.
misspalah's review against another edition
4.0
Palestinian Walks by Raja Shehadeh is so impactful to me that i couldnt let myself not pick this book up when i saw it was on discount sale at the bookstore. However, this is more on the short notes of the past events that has happened between Israel and Palestine. Those who already knew about the Zionism and Israel's agenda to further enlarging their area and diminishing the Palestine bit by bit, this might be a perfect book for you. Overall, it was intense and gripping writing.