Reviews

They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

myinfinitetbr's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

 "𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥? 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥? 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵? 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥? 𝘛𝘳𝘺, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵?"

This was my favorite book of April, but it will stick with me for a long time.

Tamimi describes daily life under Israeli occupation, and her experience having been arrested and imprisoned at 16 years old for confronting an Israeli soldier.
She shines a light on Palestine's history, and that of others struggling for freedom around the world.

She reveals the spirit of Palestinians, who have endured so much unrest for decades, passing it down through generations; their resistance runs deep and starts early.

As Americans, it's easy to take our freedoms for granted; most of us unable to comprehend injustices of this magnitude. But we can learn, and we can resist too.

I can't recommend it enough. This is a must read. 

Thank you PRH Audio for the gifted audiobook!

natixii's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

skykay's review against another edition

5.0

This should be required reading 

silodear's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

This book was so good. A really useful and accessible window into one Palestinian girl’s experience of life under apartheid. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, and Gun violence

lasdald's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Ahed’s story is one that never should have happened. No child should go through what she has and it is eye-opening to realize that her experiences are far from unique; every single Palestinian has similar experiences of oppression, abuse, and loss. It is horrifying! And we in the west have the power to stop it. In her powerful words: “I ask also that you remember your humanity, because that’s what will decide what you do…”

katiehearn08's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

ncalv05's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

whatchareadingheather's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This is 1000% essential reading if you are trying to understand Palestine’s unfortunate history. This not only is a fantastic memoir filled with personal accounts, but she also brings to light just how fucked up all governments are. 

kelseynicole11's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

juliastern__'s review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring

4.75