I don't know why I thought this collection of stories was going to be beautiful poetry with metaphors. I had not realized that despite my recent research and education journey about the oppression of the Palestinian people and the visual scenes of bombed cities, unalived families, and orphaned children that I still had rose colored glasses to be snatched off. But they were snatched.

This read was so incredibly educational and eye opening. I have previously read other recommended books on the Palestine Reads book and though I had a idea of how horrible the Palestinian people have been treated over the last 75 years. So, the moment a document from the 1800's was referenced, breath left my lungs. Because ONCE again this runs soo much deeper than I had realized.

This book needs to be a required read in every history and government course. It was well written and flowed very well. Despite the wealth of education on the pages at no point did I feel like this was a textbook. I enjoyed it greatly and highly recommend to anyone that wants to become more informed on the Ethnic Cleansing of the INDIGINOUS PALESTINAIAN PEOPLE and Israel's Apartheid Practices.