Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd

Isbn: 9798888903155 Author: Mohammed El-Kurd Publisher: Haymarket Books Published in February 2025 by Haymarket Books, Mohammed El-Kurd’s genre-bending work Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal merges memoir, essay, and political analysis. The book critically examines the systemic expectation for Palestinians to perform a sanitized, non-violent version of victimhood in order to secure empathy from Western liberal audiences. You can learn more about the book at Haymarket Books.