Reviews tagging 'Violence'

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir by Raja Shehadeh

7 reviews

afostinis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

An insight into the relationship between father and son. Aziz Shehadeh's relentless efforts as a lawyer and activist are explored and shine a light on the insidious colonialism perpetuated by the British and subsequently the Israelis in Falasteen. A tragic memoir and a story of loss and heartbreak. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

laurareads87's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I is an account of the lives of two men: Aziz Shehadeh, a lawyer who fought for a Palestinian state and the right of Palestinians forced from their homes to return, and his son Raja Shehadeh, the author, also a lawyer, who in this text grapples with his relationship with his father and his influence on the author's own trajectory as a lawyer and activist. Raja considers the distinctions both men have, at different times, made between legal work, political work, and human rights work, and the similarities between some of their experiences that they never got the chance to discuss. Aziz was murdered in 1985, and at the time of publication the author still had not successfully obtained the release of the documents pertaining to the police investigation that was shut down before it was finished.

Content warnings: war, colonization, forced displacement, deportation, murder, forced institutionalization, violence, grief 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Deportation

biobeetle's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Murder

bcope84's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Deportation

s_i_d's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Minor: Torture

bookwookie's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

This was an amazing book. I’ve read two books now by Raja Shehadeh and haven’t been disappointed yet. He writes with such clarity and kindness; his determination and beliefs evident in every word. I’m very impressed by how he is able to speak so openly about his relationship with his father (can’t relate- I got that locked down). Also with the current situation in Palestine, reading books like this is all the more important. 

In the name of Aziz Shehadeh, FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸🩷

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Violence

readingwithkaitlyn's review

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and War

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Incest, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Infidelity, Mental illness, Slavery, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism