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Palestine by Joe Sacco

25 reviews

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

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

torismazarine's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Death of parent, Deportation, Medical content, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Classism, Death, Racism, Mass/school shootings, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Gun violence, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Body horror, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Child death, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Genocide, Kidnapping, Police brutality, and Rape

dafni's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Although a graphic novel, this is still a hard read especially when one reflects on what is happening today in Palestine and when the book was written (1990s). As a reader, I am thankful for the Palestinian stories and resistance to have come to light, and I have learned a lot from this book, as historical information is presented in a very accessible way and through people’s lived experience.  However, I felt more hopeless for all the efforts these people have done over the years to feel heard and witness supportive action from the West and neighbour Arab countries, and how we have utterly disappointed them (and we are still doing so). This is probably why it took me ages to finish it. The photojournalistic element and graphic design is outstanding. The only detail I did not appreciate throughout the book is the author’s commentary, which was an effort to be humorous/sarcastic (?), I don’t know, but was definitely not needed and only added to my frustration 🙃

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Antisemitism and Ableism

erikachung182's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Violence

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

dailybee's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, Death, Torture, Murder, Gun violence, and Violence

eeriekeri's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Genocide, Death, Colonisation, Child death, Blood, Racism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Physical abuse, and Murder

klamonster's review

Ran out of time from the library and had to return it. It was very good but with everything going on right now I could only read it in small snippets to keep my heart from getting too heavy. I will probably go back to it someday, as I think it's really important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Police brutality

Moderate: Police brutality, Grief, War, Torture, Violence, and Racial slurs

thura's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

Obviously incredible comics-journalism. Good introduction for anyone looking to learn right now. Emotional, vivid, challenging.

At times outdated, with sexist and racist undertones especially in its narrations of Palestinian women and militant resistance. Sacco’s voice is highly present and often threw me off, because my reactions to described experiences were very different from his then. 

The story I keep thinking about is Ansar III. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War, and Torture

Moderate: Racial slurs