cais's review
4.0
~ "Sometimes I think the occupation will even stop love."
~ "So I'd see them [schoolchildren], you know, walking hand in hand or running to catch a ride to school and I remember thinking, That's the enemy? Hmmmm, okay."
~ "When you live under rules that don't represent you, you keep your traditions as a safeguard."
~ "When it's war, it's war. When you're moral, you're moral. The two don't always go together."
The interviews in this book were carefully curated (some will find it balanced, others not so much), but are straightforward personal accounts of everyday life. It succeeds in showcasing Palestinians as being as diverse as any other populace, but also as people whose lives have all been shaped by the same acts of violence.
~ "So I'd see them [schoolchildren], you know, walking hand in hand or running to catch a ride to school and I remember thinking, That's the enemy? Hmmmm, okay."
~ "When you live under rules that don't represent you, you keep your traditions as a safeguard."
~ "When it's war, it's war. When you're moral, you're moral. The two don't always go together."
The interviews in this book were carefully curated (some will find it balanced, others not so much), but are straightforward personal accounts of everyday life. It succeeds in showcasing Palestinians as being as diverse as any other populace, but also as people whose lives have all been shaped by the same acts of violence.
mad_taylh's review
4.0
"He came in a few minutes later, a man in his late twenties with a lean face and dark beard. He shuffled around the room in sweats, looking for his cigarettes. On his feet were fuzzy pink slippers, and strutting behind him was a Chihuahua- not exactly our preconceived notion of a political prisoner."
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