Uncle Bobbie's X Mohammed El-Kurd - Perfect Victims Book Tour

Schedule

Mon Feb 24 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

First United Methodist Church of Germantown | Philadelphia, PA

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Join Uncle Bobbie's as we welcome award-winning poet and journalist Mohammad El-Kurd for the release of his book, Perfect Victims.
About this Event

We are thrilled to welcome poet, journalist, and organizer, Mohammed El-Kurd for the release of his newest book, Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal.

Mohammed will be in conversation with author, activist and Uncle Bobbie's owner, Marc Lamont Hill. The need for this discussion couldn't be greater and will be followed by a Q&A with the community.

All copies of Perfect Victims will be signed.

See you all there for this important event.

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About the book:

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.


About the author:

Mohammed El-Kurd is a writer, poet, journalist, and organizer from Jerusalem, occupied Palestine. He is the Nation’s first-ever Palestine Correspondent and editor-at-large at Mondoweiss, the recipient of numerous honors and awards, and the author of the highly-acclaimed poetry collection Rifqa, which has been translated into several languages.

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Doors open at 6:00pm.

Buy your book now and save on the General Admission fee!

All tickets are non-refundable.

Street parking available. Wheelchair accessible entrance also available through the rear parking lot.

Children older than 5-years old need a ticket for entry.

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First United Methodist Church of Germantown, 6001 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, United States

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USD 11.43 to USD 27.44

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