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Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha
38 reviews
annelihghh's review
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Medical content, Violence, Classism, Medical trauma, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Racism
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic
ofbooksandechos's review against another edition
Graphic: Colonisation, Grief, and Genocide
Moderate: Death, Child death, Racism, War, and Violence
Minor: Gun violence and Medical content
Ethnic cleansing, white supremacy, crimes against humanity, intergenerational traumahanreadsstuff's review
5.0
Hard to get through due to the weight of the topic but a deeply important work of art.
Graphic: War, Violence, Death, and Child death
crybabybea's review
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Genocide, Hate crime, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, War, Gore, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
goddessofwhatnot's review
4.0
I was far more fascinated by his experiences living in Gaza and seeing thru his eyes a bit.
I especially loved the interview at the back where he discusses poetry in general and how it can change how you think and feel about oneself and one’s life
Graphic: Death, Violence, War, and Child death
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
biobeetle's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Violence, Colonisation, Xenophobia, and Death
zennyreads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Blood, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Genocide
sophiestasyna's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, and Violence
nini23's review against another edition
5.0
This genocide is happening before our very eyes. As of today, the death toll is above 25,000 with the majority women and children. There are still others unaccounted for buried under rubble. Famine, cold, preventable diseases and repeated displacement not to mention ongoing bombardment and now straight-up shootings by Israeli soldiers are a lethal threat to the Palestinian survivors.
These Gaza poems allow a vulnerable window glimpse into the experience of living under continuous Israeli control and siege prior to this current massacre. The afterword interview with Abu Toha is also illuminating.
I join countless others around the world raising our voices: Ceasefire! Stop impeding delivery of humanitarian aid.
Free 🇵🇸
Graphic: Death, Colonisation, Gun violence, Violence, War, Grief, Genocide, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Gaslighting
readingwithcoffee's review against another edition
5.0
This was a deeply moving collection, and the interview was very educational as well. I love seeing the author in communication with other poets and writers alive or dead (Audre Lorde, Edward Said for some examples) and just as likely to come up as his specific family members and friends with us or past. Thank you for sharing their stories and so beautifully. I also loved the photos of Gaza in color Especially as the poet wrote about questioning why he always imagines Palestine in black and white.
I read this also as a part of sharing things about Palestine during Bisan’s call for a global strike between Jan 21st and 28th 2024. I am confident this poet was held hostage by Israel during this recent siege even if he was eventually released and I encourage people to look it up and into it. Thank you again for these poems I loved them a lot.
Moderate: War, Grief, Violence, Colonisation, Death, and Child death