{"product_id":"perfect-victims-and-the-politics-of-appeal-paperback","title":"Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMohammed El-Kurd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Mohammed El-Kurd has written a new Discourse on Colonialism for the twenty-first century.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Robin D. G. Kelley\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Perfect 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\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Palestine 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Why 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e How we see Palestine reveals how we see each other; how we see everything else. Masterfully combining candid testimony, history, and reportage, \u003cem\u003ePerfect Victims\u003c\/em\u003e presents a powerfully simple demand: dignity for the Palestinian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMohammed El-Kurd is 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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.4 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52689246617933,"sku":"9798888903155","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/Al3cZFab2e9798888903155.webp?v=1761960050","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/perfect-victims-and-the-politics-of-appeal-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}