A review by areen
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

4.5

the first half was so quiet(?) but those minor details really made it feel like I was a silent observer like the nature or something witnessing the horror as if it's a mundane occurrence. the fact that it was

just descriptions with no clear insight into their minds made it more unsettling. I felt like it captured the dread/fear of getting captured by men, knowing they'll rape you and how fucked up that reality is.

it brings up interesting conversations on violence against women during war like it's expected, but also trivialised. how these women can be forgotten so easily as a person and become just another poor victim of rape.

the second half was haunting imo.

the minor details paralleling from the first part like she's haunting mc and us. and the end that shows how nothing's changed since then

for the Palestinians.