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A review by lafoliedujour
Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family by Najla Said
1.0
Well, that was disappointing. I went into this expecting a compelling story of a search for identity and political awakening. However, that was not the case.
What irked me most wasn’t the incredibly misleading title, or that she failed to bring to life any of the characters she wrote about, or that the writing was mediocre at best, but it was the fact that she witnessed the Lebanese Civil War, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, and the 11th September attacks yet the extent of her political commentary is something akin to ‘there are good and bad people on both sides.’ I couldn’t help but find this laughable.
What irked me most wasn’t the incredibly misleading title, or that she failed to bring to life any of the characters she wrote about, or that the writing was mediocre at best, but it was the fact that she witnessed the Lebanese Civil War, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, and the 11th September attacks yet the extent of her political commentary is something akin to ‘there are good and bad people on both sides.’ I couldn’t help but find this laughable.