Reviews tagging 'Islamophobia'

Palestina by Joe Sacco

21 reviews

rwalker101's review against another edition

dark emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and War

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

lochnessvhs's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

2.25

I won't deny that there is a lot of good information and important stories directly from Palestinians in this work. However, the author is such a disgusting POS it was uncomfortable to get through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

maestro_cerrotorcido's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

This collection of Palestinian accounts of the horror forced upon them by the occupying settler colony of Israel is a must read for understanding the occupation of Palestine. It was an incredibly difficult read due to the pain you feel when you put yourself in the Palestinians’ position. I learned so much such as different types of torture used, the appropriation of Palestinian goods to be sold as Israeli goods in Europe, the extra taxes Palestinians have to pay that Israelis do not, etc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

biab00's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

Important if you want a quick show and tell of what's happening in Palestine. 
This is from the 90's but unfortunately not a lot has changed, it's even worse now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Murder, 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

maryncemetery's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A harrowing and important read. Especially in light of current events. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Murder, War, and Deportation

freschne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Torture, Police brutality, Islamophobia, and Colonisation

angievansprang's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This is the very first graphic novel I’ve ever read, and I don’t think I enjoyed doing so in a digital format. This was of course to no fault of the author, so I wouldn’t say it affected my rating. Another note I will add is that I did not do enough research about this author before picking up the novel, and I believed he was Palestinian which he is not. I think it is of the utmost importance to read from Palestinian authors at this time to hear their stories directly, and I certainly hope to do so soon myself. I thought this was an incredibly effective story to read at this time in history. Palestinians have been terrorized by Israelis and the IOF for so so long, and it was eye-opening to read this work which was written about the ‘90s and published in 2000 with the ongoing genocide occurring in the Gaza Strip. Sacco uses the medium well to illustrate both the living conditions and horrendous recounts of torture and unjust incarceration that he observed. I also felt that the artist captured facial expressions well, and I thought that added so much emotion to the text which was already wrought with it. An emotional, informative, and powerful read. Free Palestine, from the river to the sea. 🇵🇸

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Murder, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Police brutality, Kidnapping, and War

pmileham's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Colonisation, and War