{"product_id":"perfect-victims-mohammed-el-kurd-9798888903155","title":"Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\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\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003ePerfect Victims\u003c\/em\u003e plunges into the depths of heartbreak to sculpt language for the brutality of genocide, resurfacing as a steady, inextinguishable flame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mohammed El-Kurd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888903155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Mohammed El-Kurd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46140656091391,"sku":"9798888903155","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_27e031b1-8a8a-4492-9a47-61dfd34e1b83.jpg?v=1726596668","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/perfect-victims-mohammed-el-kurd-9798888903155","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}