A review by buffetkhor
Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

2.0

The book is dedicated to and named after his late Grandmother, an embodiment of the spirit of resilience and dignity in the Palestinian people despite very bold attempts to rid them of their humanity.

I have never been able to resonate with slam poetry and prose but some of the topics and themes discussed here do sting you like a bullet, as El-Kurd intends.

I'm giving this a 2/5 because whilst slam poetry and prose is not for me, it may be for someone else. And despite it not being for me, some of the things I read in there did resonate with me. They may sit sit with me for quite some time. They will definitely sit with those who enjoy this medium and dream of a free Palestine. 
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