{"product_id":"9798888903155","title":"Perfect Victims","description":"\u003ci\u003ePalestine is a microcosm of the world: wretched, raging, fraught, and fragmented. On fire. Stubborn. Ineligible. Dignified. The lens we lend the Palestinian reveals how we see each other; how we see everything else. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe world continues to witness perverse violence unfolding on our screens; broken limbs, homes and futures permeate our dreams. In this context of numbing horror, Mohammed El-Kurd writes a defiant elegy, an ode to the indelible existence of his nation, to the Palestinian condition of resistance and refusal.\u003cbr\u003e\nWith lyrical precision, El-Kurd dissects ‘humanization’ as a deeply misguided tactic of the marginalized, revealing the perplexing logic at its heart: the desire to make humans out of humans. Rather than shrinking the scope of Palestinian humanity to victimhood, El-Kurd demands that friends and foes look Palestinians in the eye, forgoing condemnation and deference. Instead, solidarity with Palestine requires recognizing it as a universal cause, irreverently mocking the delusions of its oppressors, and building movements rooted in dignity.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePerfect Victims\u003c\/i\u003e plunges into the depths of heartbreak to sculpt language for the brutality of genocide, resurfacing as a steady, inextinguishable flame.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mohammed El-Kurd","offers":[{"title":"Haymarket Books |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2025-01-17","offer_id":46299075576063,"sku":"9798888903155","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_36306135-4757-4ef0-a38d-43ee475d40b0.jpg?v=1733951504","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9798888903155","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}