Palestine 1492: A Report Back

by Linda Quiquivix

Genres: Nonfiction

352 pages, Paperback

Published September 29, 2024

Reviews

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an incredible book. Quiquivix does a beautiful job of sharing history, weaving in her own journey, and using images to share the understanding of colonialism and the way it causes harm. Her words are poetic and inspiring as she shares wisdom from herself and teachers. The use of images and maps was helpful and I learned so much from this!
I often paused and had to highlight or write a quote down and ponder. Here’s one of the many from this book: “We are equal because we are different….its in nature. Wisdom is observed all the time in nature.”
Highly recommend this read!

[Ziggi Chavez · Rating 5 out of 5]

I imagine this acts as once as introductory/fundamental as well as it did as a solidification and fortification on concepts that may already stand out or be apparent to the reader. I found Quiquivix’s work here entirely engaging approachable, while simultaneously profound in its reach and explanation of material that is often too academic to digest, or too emotionally heavy to absorb. I would recommend this to anyone who knows either a little or a lot, but enough either way to know in their soul, in their gut, on instinct, that something is gravely wrong in our world, and Palestine acts as a foil, a representation of much of it, and the solidarity it will take to move toward change.

[Pothos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really loved this book. Quiquivix draws heavily from Zapatista teachings in her analysis and poetic style alongside voices and perspectives from Palestinian resistance and communities, the Panthers and Black Liberation movements, and anti-colonial struggles worldwide. Her emphasis on the context of struggle and the position of those struggling is supported by historical deep-dives from the crusades to modern empires and personal experience in communities of resistance. Overall just a really good read that felt grounded, principled and personal.

[Thaer Husien · Rating 5 out of 5]

A voyage from Turtle Island to Palestine not only through the lens of someone who has crystal clear transnational awareness of the U.S. settler-colonial project (including the satellite Zionist entity), but entwined in this narrative is the voice of Palestinians themselves, imbued with an admirable sense of praxis and heart. Here Quiquivix sings a song indigenous communities all over the world can close their eyes to with a dark sense of déjà vu and walk away wielding something glowing, new.

[Hope · Rating 5 out of 5]

A new favorite. Will definitely have to read again. Brilliant brilliant brilliant

"A world anew requires a brave answer to the question,

Could it be another way?"

"Our task is not to express our outrage but to organize against the source of our outrage."

[Paul Chislett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredibly insightful

[Yuqi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing read. 10/10. I read this with starry eyes ✨ a beautiful scholarship that maps the spirit of Palestine and its people through Mayan geographic orientations.