Reviews

They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

dianlisa's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

spaulin's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring

5.0

b_seider's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

5.0

alibrarian8's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative

5.0

I learned a LOT. I appreciate Ahed Tamimi sharing her story. A must-read.

mirandaleighhhh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Incredibly painful to read - in part because everything worsened after this was published, and because Ahed was arbitrarily arrested AGAIN in 2023 - but vital. I really recommend this as a comprehensive starting point to the Palestinian struggle. 

I've seen a handful of reviews calling this propaganda, and I have to assume that they are either zionists, or unfamiliar with the multilayered yet extremely simple issue. From the bottom of my heart, I hope people get a grip on both reality and their humanity. Ahed's story (as she herself points out many times) echoes the stories of countless Palestinians, and you can look up every event mentioned in the book and find ample resources going back to 1948. 

Free Palestine.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, War, Grief, Violence, Gun violence, Police brutality, and Genocide

audreyyeads's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

jmnekrkt's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

hermusings's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

Ahed’s story is infuriating, upsetting and should make anyone that reads it want to take actions to free Palestine.

I truly enjoyed learning about her story, which I knew very little of prior to this, from her own words. I think this does a good job on giving context to for those who may not know much about what’s been occurring in occupied Palestine at the hands of Israel for the past 76 years. 

Wild what a regular day in the West Bank could be, how children are imprisoned, how loads of international laws violated daily and how insanely inhumane this occupation is!! 

Ahed, her family, her village and the Palestinian people are beyond courageous. May Palestine be free in our lifetime ♥️

bookishkarina's review against another edition

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4.75

Everyone should read this. 

tiffanyfgs's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75