August 10, 2:00 PM - Zoom

Book Club: “Perfect Victims” by Mohammed El-Kurd

by JVP DC Metro

We invite you to join us to discuss our next book selection: “Perfect Victims” by Mohammed El-Kurd, published earlier this year. We will be meeting via Zoom on August 10 at 2pm.

“Perfect Victims” is an urgent affirmation of the Palestinian condition of resistance and refusal―an ode to the steadfastness of a nation.

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.

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.

How we see Palestine reveals how we see each other; how we see everything else. Masterfully combining candid testimony, history, and reportage, Perfect Victims presents a powerfully simple demand: dignity for the Palestinian.

The JVP-DC Metro Book Group usually meets on the 2nd Sunday of (almost) every month to discuss a book related to Palestine and select our book for the following month. To join our Book Group, send an email request to info@jvpdc.org.

Join the upcoming Zoom meeting on August 10 at 2pm here: Launch Meeting - Zoom

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