mohammedamine 's review for:

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli
5.0

A week ago, I was in London for the first time ever. I brought a book with me from Paris, which I finished on my first day there.
I decided to buy another book to read while enjoying London’s parks (I really liked Regent's Park, by the way).
So, I went to a bookshop near Trafalgar Square. While browsing, I found "Minor Detail." After reading two pages, I decided to buy it for 10 pounds.
Adania Shibli did a great job with this book. She vividly depicted human cruelty through the experiences of two women under Zionist occupation. One was raped and killed by an officer and his soldiers. The other, through a pure coincidence, tried to learn more about that incident and was killed by Zionist soldiers while doing so.
Two women and a bunch of colonialist soldiers were enough to show the cruelty of the occupation of Palestine, beyond history books and complicated academic research.
Through her book, Adania shows that to understand human cruelty, we should focus on the history of the most vulnerable and to restore a legitimate regime, people should fight against those who oppress the most vulnerable.
And last but not least, Free Palestine from the river to the sea!