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Palestine +100: Stories from a century after the Nakba by Basma Ghalayini
challenging
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
‘Sometimes, home is simply a matter of changing your perspective.’
This collection features stories that run the gamut when it comes to extrapolating a future for the Palestinian people and each are unique yet similar in the technology that will be created and advanced, the new ways in which walls will be built, the evolution of containment and collaboration.
But what is at the heart of all of these stories is memory of place and time. What was and is being taken, when it started and a hope for when it will end. The authors have all utilised "advanced tech" and the myriad ways in which it can be used to perpetuate violence, dispossesion, and disregard for the humanity of a group of people.
The resilience and esteem for their heritage that the Palestinian people have is inherent in every story, with emphasis placed on the passing down of historical memory and the weight it bears. How the memories of grandparents and great grandparents fuel the drive of resistance of young Palestinians today.
What stuck with me is the ways in which each story depicted acts of passive and active resistance.
This collection features stories that run the gamut when it comes to extrapolating a future for the Palestinian people and each are unique yet similar in the technology that will be created and advanced, the new ways in which walls will be built, the evolution of containment and collaboration.
But what is at the heart of all of these stories is memory of place and time. What was and is being taken, when it started and a hope for when it will end. The authors have all utilised "advanced tech" and the myriad ways in which it can be used to perpetuate violence, dispossesion, and disregard for the humanity of a group of people.
The resilience and esteem for their heritage that the Palestinian people have is inherent in every story, with emphasis placed on the passing down of historical memory and the weight it bears. How the memories of grandparents and great grandparents fuel the drive of resistance of young Palestinians today.
What stuck with me is the ways in which each story depicted acts of passive and active resistance.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Death, Suicide attempt, and Confinement