Both images indicate just how long Ahed has been standing up for her home village of Nabi Saleh, her friends and her family.

This image was given new life this year, when it circled the internet and falsely painted Ahed as a Ukrainian child, standing up to a Russian soldier. If it wasn’t for the slap that went viral and caused her to get arrested just days later, then it’s likely for the shots of her standing up to an Israeli soldier ten years ago. You can take away our springs, build walls through our towns and even wrongly detain our children, but what Tamimi and Takruri make clear is even through all of that, our fire will never be extinguished'Ĭhances are you’ve already seen pictures of Ahed Tamimi go viral on the internet. 'They Called Me A Lionness is a perfect example of just how resilient the Palestinian community is. Written by Palestinian activist, Ahed Tamimi, and AJ+ journalist, Dena Takruri, They Called Me A Lionness is a fascinating, much-needed look into the way Israel treats the hundreds of children they detain every year.Ĭhronicling Ahed’s own experience of how a now-viral slap caused her to be imprisoned illegally by the Israeli military for eight months, this book sheds a light on the darkest, grossest parts of Israel’s apartheid tactics, and empowers its readers to walk away wanting to do something about it. If there was ever a time to read a book that gets you angry as hell, it would be now.

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