{"product_id":"perfect-victims","title":"Perfect Victims","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9798888903155\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (US)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerfect Victims\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eis an urgent affirmation of the Palestinian condition of resistance and refusal an ode to the steadfastness of a nation.\u003c\/b\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.\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.\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, \u003ci\u003ePerfect Victims\u003c\/i\u003e presents a powerfully simple demand: dignity for the Palestinian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Mohammed El-Kurd has written a new Discourse on Colonialism for the twenty-first century.' Robin D. G. Kelley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'El-Kurd is a wordsmith with the power to change the minds of all but those with a heart of stone.' Louise Adler,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Sydney Morning Herald\/The Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'El-Kurd has become a critical voice in colonial discourse especially at a time where people are prone to either demonising or fetishising Palestinians. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerfect Victims\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is Mohammed El-Kurd refusing to exist in this binary, challenging depictions of Pal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41862104940677,"sku":"PR402047","price":38.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/perfect-victims_TNXPQKG9YSMM.jpeg?v=1789229420","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/perfect-victims","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}