The Future of Palestine, Tamar Haddad
The Future of Palestine, Tamar Haddad
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The Future of Palestine
How Discrimination Hinders Change

Author: Tamar Haddad

Narrator: Tamar Haddad

Unabridged: 4 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/07/2022


Synopsis

The Future of Palestine: How Discrimination Hinders Change was inspired by the shocking "honor killing" of the author's classmate and friend, Israa Ghrayeb. Her alleged crime? The simple act of going out, in broad daylight, with her fiancé and his sister-an act Ghrayeb's cousin maintained was unacceptable in a conservative society. While Ghrayeb's killers may be free, their manner of thinking is anything but.

In The Future of Palestine, author Tamar Haddad seeks to open minds to diverse perspectives and to give voice to those who are commonly marginalized in conservative Palestinian society.

In a world where prejudice is all too familiar, The Future of Palestine suggests that change can occur through:

- Engaging in theoretical readings such as post colonialism, Orientalism, psychoanalysis, nationalism, race theory, queer theory, feminism, and marxism

- Sharing stories of marginalized Palestinians

- Providing non-Palestinians with a background about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

This book is for those who reject discrimination against the marginalized and wish to make a difference. Coming together and discussing Palestinian history, identity, trauma, the notion of religion, women, race, sexual orientation, and class should change us all for the better.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nathan

Easy 5 stars. Anyone wanting to read anything on Palestine should read this......more

I appreciate this book for what it is, however, I did have some issues with its presentation. 'The Future of Palestine' is Tamar's explanations of various forms of discrimination (i.e. sexism, homophobia, anti-black racism) and how these issues hinder change. Those are all really important points, b......more

Goodreads review by Neha

This book is a must read. Haddad does an impeccable job delineating the struggles in Palestine, and how discrimination affects society. Haddad has a unique way of storytelling that will definitely leave you wanting to read more!......more

Goodreads review by Shaimaa

These two reviews pinpoint some of the key issues that I have identified in this book: [URL not allowed] [URL not allowed] It doesn’t live up to its promise (or title) No clear plan for the plotting of the book No real connection to what it claims to be abo......more