{"product_id":"perfect-victims-and-the-politics-of-appeal-by-mohammed-el-kurd","title":"Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePALESTINE BOOK AWARD WINNER \u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mohammed El-Kurd has written a new Discourse on Colonialism for the twenty-first century.\" - Robin D. G. Kelley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePerfect Victims\u003c\/em\u003e is an urgent affirmation of the Palestinian condition of resistance and refusal―an ode to the steadfastness of a nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePalestine is a microcosm of the world: on fire, stubborn, fragmented, dignified. While a settler colonial state continues to inflict devastating violence, fundamental truths are deliberately obscured - the perpetrators are coddled while the victims are blamed and placed on trial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy must Palestinians prove their humanity? And what are the implications of such an infuriatingly impossible task? With fearless prose and lyrical precision, Mohammed El-Kurd refuses a life spent in cross-examination. Rather than asking the oppressed to perform a perfect victimhood, El-Kurd asks friends and foes alike to look Palestinians in the eye, forgoing both deference and condemnation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow we see Palestine reveals how we see each other; how we see everything else. Masterfully combining candid testimony, history, and reportage, Perfect Victims presents a powerfully simple demand: dignity for the Palestinian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMohammed El-Kurd \u003c\/strong\u003eis a writer, poet, journalist, and organizer from Jerusalem, occupied Palestine. He is the \u003cem\u003eNation\u003c\/em\u003e 's first-ever Palestine Correspondent and editor-at-large at \u003cem\u003eMondoweiss\u003c\/em\u003e, the recipient of numerous honors and awards, and the author of the highly-acclaimed poetry collection \u003cem\u003eRifqa\u003c\/em\u003e, which has been translated into several languages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booktique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45431746822204,"sku":null,"price":27.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4879\/8012\/files\/9798888903155_cfl.jpg?v=1779310810","url":"https:\/\/www.booktique.ca\/products\/perfect-victims-and-the-politics-of-appeal-by-mohammed-el-kurd","provider":"Booktique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}