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On Palestine by Noam Chomsky
5.0
In the rising of oppression and occupation of Israel on Palestine, I have been heartbroken and crying for days watching the torture, injustice, and silence that the world has on Palestine through my social media. I remembered I had this book untouched in my bookshelf and I grab it right away.
This book is a conversation and reflection between Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé as interviewed and edited by Frank Barat. Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé are two leading voices in the struggle to liberate Palestine. Noam Chomsky has been a truth teller and vocal to the foreign policy of the US, especially regarding Israel and Palestine. I know some people are questioning Ilan Pappé’s position in this matter because of his nationality, but I can assure you that he makes it clear in this book and we would know why he does what he does. Frank Barat is a human right activist and coordinator of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine.
The book is divided into two parts: Dialog, and Reflection. The former discusses the past, the present and the future of Israel occupation on Palestine. The latter shares the thoughts on Gaza attack, Israel genocide, the partition in Palestine, deceiving ceasefire and closes with the letter addressed to UN by Noam Chomsky. They speak about BDS movement, the ethnic cleansing of Palestine by Israel, the analogy of South African genocide to Israel occupation on Palestine, US foreign policy and the support of US on Israel, and one-state or two-state solution.
Reading this book has opened my eyes to understand (a) the history of Israel occupation in Palestine, what they thought as an empty land and uninhabited; (b)what Zionism was and is; (c) and why they’re doing what they’re doing to achieve their goal, to have a state with a few Palestinian in it and it means that they need to suffer the Palestinians to their women and children by taking whatever is their basic needs.
We might see the present as brutal and inhumane, but what is happening will not stop when we let ourselves being ignorant and silent. Reading might be seen as passive action but educating ourselves is the root to the activism to the Palestinian cause. This book is light, straight-forward and very much relevant to the present. On Palestine is a starting point to make ourselves familiar with the Palestine/Israel discourse.
This book is a conversation and reflection between Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé as interviewed and edited by Frank Barat. Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé are two leading voices in the struggle to liberate Palestine. Noam Chomsky has been a truth teller and vocal to the foreign policy of the US, especially regarding Israel and Palestine. I know some people are questioning Ilan Pappé’s position in this matter because of his nationality, but I can assure you that he makes it clear in this book and we would know why he does what he does. Frank Barat is a human right activist and coordinator of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine.
The book is divided into two parts: Dialog, and Reflection. The former discusses the past, the present and the future of Israel occupation on Palestine. The latter shares the thoughts on Gaza attack, Israel genocide, the partition in Palestine, deceiving ceasefire and closes with the letter addressed to UN by Noam Chomsky. They speak about BDS movement, the ethnic cleansing of Palestine by Israel, the analogy of South African genocide to Israel occupation on Palestine, US foreign policy and the support of US on Israel, and one-state or two-state solution.
Reading this book has opened my eyes to understand (a) the history of Israel occupation in Palestine, what they thought as an empty land and uninhabited; (b)what Zionism was and is; (c) and why they’re doing what they’re doing to achieve their goal, to have a state with a few Palestinian in it and it means that they need to suffer the Palestinians to their women and children by taking whatever is their basic needs.
We might see the present as brutal and inhumane, but what is happening will not stop when we let ourselves being ignorant and silent. Reading might be seen as passive action but educating ourselves is the root to the activism to the Palestinian cause. This book is light, straight-forward and very much relevant to the present. On Palestine is a starting point to make ourselves familiar with the Palestine/Israel discourse.
Planet of Clay by Samar Yazbek
5.0
PLANET OF CLAY
by Samar Yazbek
Have you ever imagine living a life through a war?
A young girl named Rima hardly speaks. Her mother thinks that she has some mental health issues and she is tied in her room. In her mind she longs for walking in freedom wandering the world she wants to explore beyond her one room home. She reads and fills her imagination through The Little Prince, Alice in Wonderland, crayon drawing and Qur`an recitation.
Her innocence might fool people around her but she understands that the city she lives in starts collapsing in the civil war. She sees her mother gets murdered in front of her eyes, gets taken to a military hospital before her brother save her and take her to an area that later is bombarded by Assad forces.
She begins to narrate her life through letters with a pen and whatever she can write on. Her hopefulness is deteriorating since she sees people are killed and bombed. Her stream of consciousness is fading from the chemical bomb. She begins to accept the fear she has and the fantasy world once she had just can no longer become a refuge for her.
The horror of war in the eyes of disabled girl is portrayed physically and mentally throughout the book. The experience of reading it is haunting and exceptional giving a trembling effect once it is finished. Samar Yazbek successfully depicts the tragedy of Syrian civil war sensibly in the unusual perspective.
This one is a memorable reading experience I’ve never had before.
Thank you to Netgalley and World Editions for providing me with a free copy of this e-book in exchange for an honest review.
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by Samar Yazbek
Have you ever imagine living a life through a war?
A young girl named Rima hardly speaks. Her mother thinks that she has some mental health issues and she is tied in her room. In her mind she longs for walking in freedom wandering the world she wants to explore beyond her one room home. She reads and fills her imagination through The Little Prince, Alice in Wonderland, crayon drawing and Qur`an recitation.
Her innocence might fool people around her but she understands that the city she lives in starts collapsing in the civil war. She sees her mother gets murdered in front of her eyes, gets taken to a military hospital before her brother save her and take her to an area that later is bombarded by Assad forces.
She begins to narrate her life through letters with a pen and whatever she can write on. Her hopefulness is deteriorating since she sees people are killed and bombed. Her stream of consciousness is fading from the chemical bomb. She begins to accept the fear she has and the fantasy world once she had just can no longer become a refuge for her.
The horror of war in the eyes of disabled girl is portrayed physically and mentally throughout the book. The experience of reading it is haunting and exceptional giving a trembling effect once it is finished. Samar Yazbek successfully depicts the tragedy of Syrian civil war sensibly in the unusual perspective.
This one is a memorable reading experience I’ve never had before.
Thank you to Netgalley and World Editions for providing me with a free copy of this e-book in exchange for an honest review.
#IndahMarwanReads
#TheReadingMama
#PlanetofClay
#SamarYazbek
#WomenAuthors
#SyrianLiterature