Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd

7 reviews

neverlandpages4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Colonisation, War, Religious bigotry, Racism, Child death, Genocide, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Death, and Police brutality

hanhantap's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Religious bigotry, Genocide, and Police brutality

Moderate: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

tmchopra's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Murder, Gun violence, Grief, Child death, and Genocide

readingwithkaitlyn's review

emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Islamophobia, War, Violence, Murder, Death, Hate crime, Colonisation, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child death, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Alcohol, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Racism, Animal death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Incest, Miscarriage, and Grief

kelsiepixler's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

I highly recommend reading this with a highlighter and pen handy. Everything about this exceeded my expectations which were pretty high after reading reviews. 

Though the poetry was immersive and thought provoking on its own, the author’s direct references, to both historical events and the works of other artists, added an additional, unexpected layer of complexity. I found myself frequently searching the names, authors, poems, events mentioned and making notes in the margin. There is no read quite like the one that motivates you to fully engage with the text, take notes, explore the references. 

I’ve already ordered 3 copies to give as gifts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Islamophobia, Colonisation, War, Murder, Hate crime, Genocide, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Gaslighting, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Dementia

Minor: Kidnapping, Drug use, Terminal illness, Mass/school shootings, Trafficking, Abandonment, Police brutality, Confinement, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Xenophobia, War, Sexual violence, Islamophobia, Genocide, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Racism, and Violence

suchsweetsorrow89's review

challenging emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

4.0

mohammed came to speak at my school a few months back and being in that room with him moved me, truly. unfortunately, I could not get a copy after the event, but when I saw it at a local leftist book store a month ago I couldn't resist. this collection of poetry is more than worth the read. not only does el-kurd speak on capitalism and how exploited he and his family's trauma became in the media but he also muses on what the role of poetry and the poet really is in the grand scheme of things. he also speaks on love, family, death v life, and birth in ways that hit the heart very quickly-- but not necessarily with sorrow. what sets these poems apart from anything else I have ever read is that his anger and frustration are palpable within the words-- giving worlds of meaning between the line breaks. his anxieties and belief that Palestine will be free by any means necessary stand out very clearly in his words-- no matter what the topic of a particular poem is. and above all, his musings on Rifqa and the impact she has had on his life are so beautiful and make you see that at the root of everything is his love for his homeland and the people that made it home before it got stripped away from them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Grief, Genocide, and Violence