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A review by megansoetaert
Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique by Sa'ed Atshan
informative
slow-paced
4.0
Atshan, above all, highlights the need for nuanced activism and putting a diverse range of queer Palestinian voices at the center of the fight for queer liberation in Palestine and Palestinian liberation as a whole.
it took me a long time to read this book (def haven't been flexing my nonfiction muscles), but i thought it was a very worthwhile and thought-provoking read. i learned a lot about the queer palestinian movement and had many chances to reflect on my own allyship and activism. my biggest critique is that atshan oftentimes turns his academic style of writing into something more convoluted than was necessary
it took me a long time to read this book (def haven't been flexing my nonfiction muscles), but i thought it was a very worthwhile and thought-provoking read. i learned a lot about the queer palestinian movement and had many chances to reflect on my own allyship and activism. my biggest critique is that atshan oftentimes turns his academic style of writing into something more convoluted than was necessary