{"product_id":"perfect-victims-and-the-politics-of-appeal","title":"Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46786628845804,"sku":"9798888903155","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/2987\/3644\/files\/imageloader_7ed38b6b-959e-4dc6-b083-b2b53a8ee523.jpg?v=1756891213","url":"https:\/\/www.gladysbooksandwine.com\/products\/perfect-victims-and-the-politics-of-appeal","provider":"Gladys Books \u0026 Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}