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We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir by Raja Shehadeh
3 reviews
biobeetle's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and War
Moderate: Murder
nineinchnails's review
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
this felt like more of a biography of his father than a memoir at some parts and some of the the legal/political language was a little confusing but those are really my only issues with this. this was heartbreaking to read and there was so much history with just this one family. i was surprised to find out just how influential and interesting raja's father was and it was really refreshing to read about the experience of a palestinian christian family. raja is in his 70s at the time of writing, the same age as his father was when he was assassinated, so we get a really long time period covered between the 2 of them. highly recommend to everyone since it's so short but especially to anyone interested in learning more about the occupation!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Colonisation
Moderate: Xenophobia, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Deportation
Minor: Incest and Classism
Ethnic cleansing and False imprisonments_i_d's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
Minor: Torture