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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💔💔 4d
lil1inblue So powerful! 4d
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JuniperWilde
Minor Detail | Adania Shibli
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Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949. Israeli soldiers murder an encampment of Bedouin in the Negev desert, and among their victims they capture a Palestinian teenager.
Many years later, in the near-present day, a young woman in Ramallah tries to uncover some of the details surrounding this series of crimes.
Adania Shibli masterfully overlays these two narratives. Written in a style that is very matter of fact - not sentimental.

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BC_Dittemore
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I‘m going to venture that this is one of the most important books on Gaza to be published since 7 Oct. 2023. Mishra grew up in India where Israel was highly influential at the time. He grew up idolizing Israeli war heroes. Until he was old enough to see the situation for himself.

I applaud Mishra for his directness: this book doesn‘t end on a false hope. He lays out succinctly the past, present, & well… what future is there after Gaza?

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BC_Dittemore
Rifqa | Mohammed El-Kurd
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Not surprisingly, war is everywhere in Palestinian poetry. Even when it‘s not the topic, its presence is palpable. El-Kurd‘s poetry is no different in that regard, but the collection is bound by his grandmother, Rifqa, known to many as Palestine‘s Jasmine, who lived to be 103.

It‘s a tribute to a woman whom El-Kurd has rendered so lovingly, I feel like I know her well enough to say she reminds me of my 95 year-old-grandmother.

Power of poetry.

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pdxannie
The Coin: A Novel | Yasmin Zaher
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I picked this up on vacation without knowing a thing about it. I liked the author‘s writing style. I wanted to like it. But the story just didn‘t connect for me at all. I‘d give it a pan but I really did enjoy the writing, and I didn‘t feel like I was forcing myself to finish it. But I wouldn‘t recommend it. This copy is going to a neighborhood Free Library.

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lil1inblue
The Tiny Journalist: Poems | Naomi Shihab Nye
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ChaoticMissAdventures I spent almost my entire therapy session this week with this idea! I have one neighbor who set them off for over a week and on the 4th for 4 straight hours. Beyond them being illegal here, and expensive, how can you do it for so freaking long? I find them incredibly annoying. 2mo
lil1inblue @ChaoticMissAdventures Oh, wow. That's rough! I hate when people set them off into all hours of the night. So disrespectful! I know a few veterans with PTSD who have such a hard time during the week of the 4th. And one of my husband's co-workers is a Ukrainian refugee - he had an awful week, too! 💔 2mo
ChaoticMissAdventures @lil1inblue I hope they are all recovering and giving themselves grace. It is an awful week and all the poor animals that get so freaked out! It is totally disrespectful. I always feel like a curmudgeon but it is so hard on so many. 2mo
Suet624 This hits hard. 2mo
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BaBaBaBillyAndTheBooks
The Coin: A Novel | Yasmin Zaher
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Maybe the first sign that the unnamed narrator shouldn‘t be teaching young men is that she wheels her supplies in a CVS cart—a sign that she‘s ready to take. If she teaches the boys anything, it‘s the value of pretense: dressing well, sneaking around, crafting stories. You can spend all day trying to clean the dirt off you, or you could learn a lot more about yourself by throwing it around.

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BarbaraBB
Read the World | Pushpinder Khaneka
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#ReadTheWorld2025

In May and June I added 5 books to @GatheringBooks challenge. I covered the following countries: #Palestine #Suriname #Brazil #Nigeria #Israel

GatheringBooks Wow! Great job! I wish i could read as fast as you! 😘😘😘 2mo
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Caterina
The Message | Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Listened to this #audiobook while playing PowerWash Simulator (#audiogaming ?) which feels like some of my other favorite activities - #audiopuzzling & #audiostitching.

Ta-Nehisi Coates reads wonderfully, and his writing works well in audio format. From Senegal to South Carolina to Palestine, he writes powerfully about race, myths, and the stories we tell ourselves. I appreciate how willing he was to be self-critical and show how he's changed.

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Awk_Word_Smith
The Message | Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Reading Ta-Nehisi Coates‘s The Message was both a humbling and galvanizing experience. Coates‘s journey—spanning Senegal, South Carolina, and Palestine—compels readers to confront the stories we inherit and the myths we perpetuate, particularly those that uphold white supremacy and obscure the realities of marginalized people. I‘ll be buying a physical copy and referencing it for years to come on how to craft stories—fiction and nonfiction alike.