{"product_id":"perfect-victims-von-mohammed-el-kurd","title":"Perfect Victims","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mohammed El-Kurd has written a new Discourse on Colonialism for the twenty-first century.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Robin D. G. Kelley\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect Victims is an urgent affirmation of the Palestinian condition of resistance and refusal-an ode to the steadfastness of a nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow 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\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9798888903155\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAnd the Politics of Appeal\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9798888903155","offer_id":54318113849669,"sku":"9798888903155","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/fa6e1148-fdbb-4112-9d8d-0d77a54b087f.jpg?v=1781157385","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/perfect-victims-von-mohammed-el-kurd","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}