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Perfect Victims

And the Politics of Appeal

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Written by: Mohammed El-Kurd
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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.

©2025 Mohammed El-Kurd (P)2025 Tantor Media Freedom & Security Ideologies & Doctrines Middle East Political Science Politics & Government
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“Mohammed El-Kurd has written a new Discourse on Colonialism for the twenty-first century.”—Robin D. G. Kelley
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Mohammed has such an incredible way of seeing everything with complete clarity despite the endless propaganda, brainwashing media narratives, and intimidation tactics. He is an all time great amongst the most brilliant writers and advocates.

Brilliant clear thoughts

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Such an important book at this time. I am recommending it to everyone. It touches on a topic that must be discussed and is consistently skirted by the media.

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