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Sharon and My Mother-in-Law: Ramallah Diaries
by Suad Amiry
A psychologist once told me that sharing funny anecdotes about things that were pretty upsetting at the time is how we reshape our memories: to make them bearable, to remind ourselves of our own resiliance; to bring our problems to our friends and feel connected with them. In other words, we can laugh and give ourselves strength and still talk about the hard stuff.
This is completely on display in this short, funny vignettes into life under occupation. You can tell Amiry has written this to tell anyone anything - she wrote it for herself, to reshape the experience by celebrating the absurdity of it all, and sharing that with her friends, and building collective strength.
Consequently, it is a short and scattered read - there is little context provided, and no real through narrative. It doesn't need it - it is just a pleasure to read, as much for the belly laughs as for the insight and the reminder of the resiliance of the everyday.
It also isn't a book about great tragedies. Rather, it is the infuriatingly impossibility of daily life under Israeli occupation on display. The constant harassment, inability to get to work or go shopping or get a pet vaccinated. I'm heartened by the fact that several schools have it as required reading, because this insight is as enlightening for why Palestine matters as all the statistics in the world.
Also, it's like the fastest read ever!
This is completely on display in this short, funny vignettes into life under occupation. You can tell Amiry has written this to tell anyone anything - she wrote it for herself, to reshape the experience by celebrating the absurdity of it all, and sharing that with her friends, and building collective strength.
Consequently, it is a short and scattered read - there is little context provided, and no real through narrative. It doesn't need it - it is just a pleasure to read, as much for the belly laughs as for the insight and the reminder of the resiliance of the everyday.
It also isn't a book about great tragedies. Rather, it is the infuriatingly impossibility of daily life under Israeli occupation on display. The constant harassment, inability to get to work or go shopping or get a pet vaccinated. I'm heartened by the fact that several schools have it as required reading, because this insight is as enlightening for why Palestine matters as all the statistics in the world.
Also, it's like the fastest read ever!