Reviews tagging 'Islamophobia'

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

17 reviews

drraytay's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, War, Genocide, Violence, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, and Physical abuse

abitbetterbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely incredible read. I loved the audiobook and felt that the other author, Dena, did a wonderful job bringing such painful moments and slivers of joy to life. Ahed’s story is heartbreaking and no person should ever have to endure such hardship, especially at such a young age. But despite how dark this book is, Ahed is still able to speak with such hope for the future.

If you are looking to learn more about what Palestinians experience under occupation, this is a really good place to start as a microcosm of the situation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, Confinement, Police brutality, Racism, Islamophobia, and Medical content

Moderate: Child death

lisacanteven's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad

5.0

This book is so full of information that I think we don't have as Westerners. Ahed gives us a first hand account of her time in Israeli prison. She holds nothing back in describing her experiences, and for that I am thankful. Dena also gives us so much true history of Palestine, the history that zionists are trying to erase. This should be required reading so that the true history is not rewritten by zionism. Within these pages, there is such a tender hope. Palestinian girls imprisoned create bonds that help them survive their time. They create gentles systems so that they all have each other. These girls and women who are detained even protest in prison when needed. I think that blew my mind the most. There was one line where Ahed recalls a protest they had in prison bc they were not being provided with what they needed. The female prisoners refused to leave their cells, and Ahed commented about how if the male prisoners caught wind of their protest they would join in solidarity. This was a problem for Israel because they could not appear to lose control of their captives, so the Israeli jailers usually gave in to their protests quickly. And that is why Palestinian men are just as important as the women and children. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Islamophobia, Ableism, Colonisation, Confinement, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, and War

amberinpieces's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Confinement, and Police brutality

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Death of parent, Genocide, Islamophobia, Medical content, Child death, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Vomit, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Racial slurs

murve's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Death, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Genocide, Confinement, Kidnapping, Islamophobia, Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Physical abuse

letsgolesbians's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Gun violence, Death, Racism, Police brutality, Medical content, War, Religious bigotry, and Misogyny

readingwithkaitlyn's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, Genocide, Torture, Police brutality, Murder, Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Body horror, and Hate crime

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Medical content, Medical trauma, Islamophobia, Child death, Suicide, Vomit, and Kidnapping

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Excrement, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Classism, Rape, Animal death, and Racism