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A review by dinamakan
All the Rivers by Dorit Rabinyan
2.0
When I see the blurb, I was expecting a tragic love story set in Palestine/Israel, since the main characters are from Israel and Palestine. I was wrong. The story is set in the US in 2003 (I assume it's after 9/11 event), so the prejudice among Arabs/Muslims were bigger than any other races/nationality/religion believers. So, I can say that the challenge is more visible for Hilmi rather than Liat.
The love story is not balanced, since Hilmi introduced Liat to his friends and family, while Liat tries hard to hide their relationship from her family and the Jewish/Israeli community. Secondly, although there are some lines that show the couple grow up with their Middle Eastern environment and culture, I didn't really see it from how they live their love life. They have sex, get drunk, and take weed, like typical "love life" stories.
The love story is not balanced, since Hilmi introduced Liat to his friends and family, while Liat tries hard to hide their relationship from her family and the Jewish/Israeli community. Secondly, although there are some lines that show the couple grow up with their Middle Eastern environment and culture, I didn't really see it from how they live their love life. They have sex, get drunk, and take weed, like typical "love life" stories.