Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 by Rashid Khalidi

16 reviews

amsswim's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I highly recommend this book. Well written nonfiction with a quick but not overwhelming pace. The Israel-Palestine issues may seem exhausting and extensive, but he breaks them down into easy to follow eras. The issue is actually not that difficult to comprehend and vital to understand- Free Palestine. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, Colonisation, War, Xenophobia, Violence, Genocide, Antisemitism, Police brutality, Islamophobia, and Murder

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

Occasionally a bit dense, but very informative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Gun violence, Death, War, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy

drbealstod's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Deportation, Colonisation, Death, Violence, and Xenophobia

dominicangirl's review against another edition

emotional informative sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Colonisation, Racism, and Xenophobia

bellaw15's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Death, Genocide, and Police brutality

Minor: Racism, Antisemitism, and Islamophobia

jengoertz's review against another edition

challenging informative tense slow-paced

4.0

An in depth analysis of the events and politics that have plagued the Palestinian people over the last 100 years. 

A bit dense to get through if you don't frequently read historical non-fiction, but worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Religious bigotry, Deportation, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and War

ndpmclean's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

I am giving this 5.0 not necessarily because I enjoyed the read, because it was tough and slow going. But I am giving it 5.0 because I think it has given me confidence in knowing more about the historical context that makes our current global situation so temultuous. This is essential reading.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Genocide, Colonisation, Hate crime, and Islamophobia

morethanmylupus's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

This was so informative and filled in a lot of knowledge gaps I had about Palestine and how we got to where we are now. It's dry reading, but Khalidi filled in his own family's history and that gave it a bit more narrative structure beyond the dry historical info. I wish I'd read this when it first published as it would have helped me speak more knowledgeably on the subject, particularly during the past few months. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, War, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Colonisation, and Violence

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Violence, Antisemitism, War, Colonisation, and Xenophobia

bergha1998's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

This is a heavy and important book. It was hard to see how many lies I’d been told as an American and just fully believed until October of 2023. I really liked the personal stories mixed in by the author; they did an excellent job of framing it in humanity better than if the whole book was just focused on the history. 

History, Warfare and Colonialism

“The surest way to eradicate a people’s right to their land is to deny their historical connection to it.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Police brutality, Genocide, Religious bigotry, Child death, Death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Gore, Grief, and War