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My People Shall Live: Autobiography Of A Revolutionary
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Leila Khaled
The autobiography of a revolutionary Leila Khaled. "The most obvious moral of this book is that violence always breeds more violence. The Nazis subjected the Jews to violence. The Jews treated the Palestinians with violence. The Palestinians see violence as the only means of recovering their country and their freedom. At the age of twenty, Leila Khaled wrote, "armed strugg
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This dense, extremely detailed read is saved from being a political tome by the pops of personality Leila provides throughout. The most engaging elements are the more personal moments - make no mistake, this revolutionary is fully equipped with a sense of humour.
a forty years old autobiography by Liela Khaled tells her life story and struggles to free her people from israeli occupation...the book is one of a kind as it tells stories about hijacking planes by the hijacker herself as Liela managed to hijack planes twice and survived...the book emphasizes that violence breeds violence and if jews seeks peace with arabs, arabs shall live in peace with them...arabs are not naturally violent...Liela anyway is living in peace now with her sons and grandsons in
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Khaled's memoir could benefit from a bit more nuance, but it was written right in the heat of the moment. It is especially engaging to read such an informed woman reflect upon her position in the world.
May 28, 2009
Jose Palafox
marked it as to-read
I am looking for a clean copy of this book. If anyone is willing to sell/trade, let me know asap.
cheers, Jose
cheers, Jose
feeling burnt out on organizing and working for social justice? read this...
amazing. i downloaded it, but i would love a hard copy.
Leila Khaled's biography was written during the height of Palestinians armed struggle against Israel's occupation in the 60's/70's. It doesn't has the sort of literary beauty story-telling most biography would have. On second thought, the writing might not have been the best.
But page after page, what you can feel is the anger seething through her for all the injustice and oppression she and her people were faced with. And equally, the determination to end the occupation that they have been livin ...more
But page after page, what you can feel is the anger seething through her for all the injustice and oppression she and her people were faced with. And equally, the determination to end the occupation that they have been livin ...more
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