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4.72 AVERAGE
4.72 AVERAGE
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This collection from Gazan poet Mosab Abu Toha is a must-read. “The Wound” is one of the most striking poems I’ve ever read.
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
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emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
I'm not one to read poetry because I often find it very intimidating and hard to understand but I decided to give this one a chance and I'm so glad I did. This was beautiful and devastating. I really love this type of poetry where the main goal is to invoke emotions and even the author himself in the interview at the end explained it in a similar way. And now my favourite poems from this collection:
- Palestine A-Z
- Palestinian Streets
- Sobbing Without Sound
- A Litany for "One Land"
- We Deserve a Better Death
- US and THEM
- The Wounds (this one broke me)
I really really recommend this even if u don't read poetry at all, it's very approachable.
- Palestine A-Z
- Palestinian Streets
- Sobbing Without Sound
- A Litany for "One Land"
- We Deserve a Better Death
- US and THEM
- The Wounds (this one broke me)
I really really recommend this even if u don't read poetry at all, it's very approachable.
"Gaza is a city where tourists gather to take photos next to destroyed buildings or graveyards." With stark honesty, Mosab Abu Toha shares stories of death and destruction inflicted on him and his family, who were first evicted from their land as happened to many Palestinians, and then indiscriminately bombarded ever after by the right-wing Israeli decision-makers. There is a death and a victim in most poems here, and these are only a few victims among the thousands. A must read.
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Beautiful. Heartbreaking.
**5 stars**
**5 stars**