نام من ریچل کوری است

by Rachel Corrie, Alan Rickman (Editor), Katharine Viner (Editor)

دارم وراجی می‌کنم. فقط می‌خواهم به مادرم بگویم که واقعاً می‌ترسم، و باور بنیادی‌ام را به نیک‌ذاتی بشر از دست می‌دهم. این باید متوقف شود. گمان می‌کنم باید همه‌چیز را کنار بگذاریم و زندگی‌مان را صرف متوقف‌کردن این وضعیت کنیم. دیگر فکر نمی‌کنم که این یک کار افراطی باشد. من هنوز هم واقعاً دوست دارم با آهنگ‌های پت بناتار برقصم و دوست‌پسر داشته باشم و درباره‌ی همکارهایم کمیک استریپ درست کنم. ولی این وضعیت را هم می‌خواهم متوقف کنم. بی‌اعتقادی و وحشت چیزی است که الان حس می‌کنم. سرخوردگی. از این که این وضعیت واقعیت محوری دنیای ماست، و ما هم در واقع در آن مشارکت داریم، سرخورده می‌شوم.

Genres: Plays, Theatre, Drama, Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography, Politics

91 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2006

About the author

Early life

Corrie was born on April 10, 1979, and raised in Olympia, Washington, United States. She was the youngest of the three children of Craig Corrie, an insurance executive, and Cindy Corrie. Cindy describes their family as "average Americans—politically liberal, economically conservative, middle class".[5][6][7]
After graduating from Capital High School, Corrie went on to attend The Evergreen State College (TESC), also in Olympia, where she took a number of arts courses. She took one year off from her studies to work as a volunteer in the Washington State Conservation Corps; other volunteer work included making weekly visits to patients with mental disorders for three years.[7] In her senior year, she proposed an independent-study program in which she would travel to Gaza, join protesters from the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), and initiate a "sister city" project between Olympia and Rafah.[8] Before leaving, she also organized a pen-pal program between kids in Olympia and Rafah.[9]
[edit]Activities in the West Bank and Gaza

See also: House demolition in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and Gaza Strip smuggling tunnels
After flying to Israel on January 22, 2003, Corrie underwent a two-day training course at ISM West Bank headquarters, before heading to Rafah to participate in ISM demonstrations.[6][8] During her training, Corrie studied tactics of direct action. Basic rules about avoiding harm were given, which a later article on the Corrie incident summarized as: "Wear fluorescent jackets. Don't run. Don't frighten the army. Try to communicate by megaphone. Make your presence known."[8] On January 27, 2003, Corrie and William Hewitt (also from Olympia), traveled to the Erez checkpoint and entered the Gaza Strip.[8]


Corrie with Israeli bulldozers in background
While in Rafah, Corrie acted as a human shield in an attempt to impede house demolitions carried out by the IDF using armored bulldozers.[4] On Corrie's first night there, she and two other ISM members set up camp inside Block J, often a target for Israeli gunfire. Israeli troops fired bullets over their tent and at the ground a few feet away. Deciding that their presence was provoking the Israeli soldiers, not deterring them, Corrie and her colleagues hurriedly dismantled their tent and left the area.[8]
Qishta, a Palestinian who worked as an interpreter, noted that: "Late January and February was a very crazy time. There were house demolitions taking place all over the border strip and the activists had no time to do anything else."[8] Qishta also stated of the ISM activists: "They were not only brave; they were crazy."[8] The confrontations were not without harm to the activists; a British participant was wounded by shrapnel.[8]
Palestinian militants expressed concern that the "internationals" staying in tents between the Israeli watchtowers and the residential neighborhoods would get caught in crossfire, while other residents were concerned that the young activists might be spies. Corrie worked hard to overcome this suspicion, learning a few words of Arabic, and participating in a mock trial denouncing the "crimes of the Bush Administration."[8] With time, the ISM members were taken into Palestinian family homes, and provided with meals and beds. Even so, in the days before Corrie's death, a letter gained wide circulation in Rafah, casting suspicion again on the ISM members. "Who are they? Why are they here? Who asked them to come here?" it asked.[8] The letter caused the activists to be preoccupied and frustrated, and on the morning of Corrie's death they planned ways to counteract its effects. According to one activist, "We all had a feeling that our role was too passive. We talked about how to engage the Israeli military."[8]
On March 14, 2003, during an interview with the Middle East Broadcasting network, Corrie said:
"I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive ... Sometimes I sit dow

Reviews

[Pary · Rating 3 out of 5]

همه ى ما روزى به دنيا آمده ايم و روزى خواهيم مرد. به احتمال زياد تنها. نكند تنهايى مان مصيبت بار نباشد؟ اصلا شايد تنهايى مان اجازه دهد بدون واهمه حقيقت را بيان كنيم. نكند تنها بودنمان امكان ماجراجويى به ما دهد؟ امكان تجربه كردن جهان به مثابه پديده اى همواره متغير و دو سويه؟

از متن كتاب

[Mohammad reza khorasanizadeh · Rating 4 out of 5]

ریچل کوری دختری آمریکایی با روحیه ای بسیار پر شور و جستجوگر بوده که در 23 سالگی برای حمایت از فلسطینیان غزه و مناطقی که در آن ها اسرائیل دست به تخریب خانه های فلسطینیان میزده میرود و درحالیکه برای اعتراض نسبت به تخریب یک خانه، بین بولدوزر اسرائیلی و خانه یک فلسطینی ایستاده بود، توسط بولدوزر کشته می‌شود
کتاب نمایشنامه ای از زندگی و افکار اوست که بیشتر بر اساس دست نوشته های ریچل نوشته شده
مواجهه ریجل با اینهمه تبعیض و جنایت و ناباوری و عصبانتیش از این اتفاق به خوبی در نوشته هایش و در این کتاب بیان شده
Rachel Corrie is an American girl with a very passionate and inquisitive spirit who, at the age of 23, goes to support the Palestinians in Gaza and the areas where Israel destroys Palestinian homes. while protesting against the demolition of a house, among Israeli bulldozers and the house of a Palestinian was standing, killed by a bulldozer
The book is a play about her life and thoughts, mostly based on Rachel's notes.
Rachel's encounter with so much discrimination, crime, disbelief, and anger over this incidents is well illustrated in her writings and in this book.

[Hayley · Rating 5 out of 5]

My Name is Rachel Corrie is the culmination of a young American woman’s diary, leading to her move to the Gaza Strip and ultimate death while attempting to stop a bull dozer from illegally destroying a Palestinian family’s house. And, yes, it was edited by Professor Snape.


Her voice is so honest – she seems to allow the private audience into her every most thought. When she does acknowledge shame or naivety, she does so with introspection and clear thought. She philosophized about the world around her, and let her passion for social justice drive not only her life, but that clear understanding of humanity seeps into her writing. Her outlook on the world is beautiful, and her diction reflects her optimism. This thought-provoking work still haunts me to this day.

[Fahime · Rating 5 out of 5]

ریچل کوری، دختر بیست و سه ساله ی آمریکایی، در سال 2003، هنگام تلاش برای جلوگیری از تخریب یک خانه ی غیرنظامی در غزه، با بولدوزر زیر گرفته شده و به قتل می رسد. آلن ریکمن با همکاری یک روزنامه نگار و با استفاده از نوشته ها و ایمیل های ریچل، نمایش نامه ای درباره ی زندگی او می نویسد و کارگردانی می کند، تا ریچل صرفا یک دختر بلوند آمریکایی که کشته شد، نباشد.
و واقعا هم نیست. ریچل عمیقا با مسائل دنیای اطرافش درگیر بوده. مثلا در سن ده سالگی تصمیم می گیرد تا سال 2000 فقر را در دنیا ریشه کن کند. در فعالیت های محلی شرکت می کرده و یک بار یک راهپیمایی ضدجنگ را سازماندهی کرده است. و در نهایت با این اعتقاد که سفیدپوست و خارجی بودن از او محافظت خواهد کرد به غزه می رود و به قتل می رسد.
راننده ی بولدوزر و ارتش اسرائیل هرگز در هیچ دادگاهی مقصر شناخته نشدند.
نوشته های ریچل عمیق و تاثیرگذارند و مثل ندارند. به شدت توصیه می شود.

[Anne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this play because I deeply relate to it. A year and a half ago, I embarked on a journey to Palestine for the same reason as Corrie: to be with the people whom my tax money exploits and oppresses. And my experience and feelings were eerily similar to her writings. Her passion, conviction, grief, privilege guilt--they all spoke to me like a gong. I knew of Corrie when I went and I met her parents in Jerusalem who came by to offer us encouragement and support. But this is my first time reading her writing and I'm stunned and grateful for her voice. What a tragedy to no longer have this compassionate voice in our world, what a gift it is to have ever had it.

[max theodore]

And I knew, back then, that the shrug would happen at the end of my life – I knew. And I thought, so who cares? If my whole life is going to amount to one shrug and a shake of the head, who cares if it comes in eighty years or at 8pm? Who cares?

Now, I know who cares. I know if I die at 11.15pm or at 97 years – I know. And I know it's me. That's my job.

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This has to stop. I think it is a good idea for us all to drop everything and devote our lives to making this stop. I don't think it's an extremist thing to do any more. I still really want to dance around to Pat Benatar and have boyfriends and make comics for my co-workers. But I also want this to stop. Disbelief and horror is what I feel. Disappointment. I am disappointed that this is the base reality of our world and that we, in fact, participate in it. This is not at all what I asked for when I came into this world. This is not at all what the people here asked for when they came into this world. This is not what they are asking for now. This is not the world you and Dad wanted me to come into when you decided to have me. This is not what I meant when I was two and looked at Capitol Lake and said, 'This is the wide world and I'm coming to it.'

[Seyed Mohammad Reza Mahdavi · Rating 2 out of 5]

ترجمه خانم حیدریان به نظر من ایراداتی داشت و از آن بیشتر مشکل ویراستاری کتاب به چشم می آمد
ترجمه دیگری از این نمایشنامه به فارسی هست که امیدوارم بهتر باشد
اگر ایرادات کتاب نبود امتیازم به کتاب 3 می شد

[Razieh Shahverdi · Rating 4 out of 5]

یک وقت‌هایی هست که یک کتاب را شخصی می‌دانی و نمی‌توانی فارغ از رابطه‌ی شخصی‌ات با آن بهش نگاه کنی. و لزوماُ این شخصی بودن این نیست که بخشی از زندگی‌ات را توی آن ببینی، شاید اشتراک راه‌های نرفته، رویاها، افسوس‌ها، تردیدها و مهم‌تر از همه مرگ. «نام من ریچل کوری است» به این دلیل متفاوت است و احتمالاً همه با آن رابطه‌ای سوای یک اثر ادبی برقرار می‌کنند، که داستان واقعی است و نوشته‌ها، تک‌تک‌شان نوشته‌های واقعی دختر جوانی هستند که نبوغ عجیبی دارد، مرگش را سال‌ها قبل پیشگویی کرده و در 23 سالگی کشته می‌شود. من که دلم می‌خواست ویراستارها به‌خاطر دراماتیزه کردن، دست‌نوشته‌ها و ایمیل‌ها را حذف و کوتاه نکرده بودند، هرچند وقتی از جنبه‌ی تئاتری به آن نگاه می‌کنم، احتمالاً اجرای خیلی سختی خواهد داشت.
راجع به ترجمه، فکر می‌کنم با وجود چندتا اشتباه، ترجمه‌ی بدی نبود، کاش برای چاپ بعدی ویرایش شود. و در مورد باقی‌اش ... خب این کتاب نه یک اثر ادبی، که یک اثر انسانی است. چطور می‌شود خاطرات شخصی، افکار و کلمات کسی را بررسی کرد؟
خواندن این کتاب را پیشنهاد می‌کنم، مرا که بهم ریخت و انتخاب‌ها و تردید‌های زیادی را جلوی چشمم آورد. احتمالاً اکثر آدم‌ها را به شکل‌های مختلف بهم می‌ریزد.

[Elias Bahrami · Rating 3 out of 5]

نکته بد ماجرا این بود که من دنبال نمایشنامه بودم بخونم و به محض اینکه اینو خریدم از فیدیبو با خودم گفتم نکنه مونولوگ باشه و بود.با این حال:
نحوه پیش رفتن داستان جالب بود؛استفاده از متن های شخصی ریچل کوری برای پیش بردن داستان.که البته خوب بودن این متنا رو مدیون خودِ ریچل کوری هستیم.
از جایی که ریچل میره فلسطین و فرق کردن شخصیتش رو بیشتر از قبلش دوست داشتم.اخرش هم که خیلی خوب بود دیگه.

[Holly S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I saw this play at the Seattle Repertory Theater in 2007. Not wanting to forget Rachel, I decided to revisit the play by reading it.

This play is based on the writings of Rachel Corrie, a young activist from Washington State who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza Strip in 2003 as she tried to protect a Palestinian home from demolition.

The play is just forty pages--forty thoughtful, inspiring & heart-wrenching pages. They tell the story of a remarkable young woman who was deeply moved by the world around her as she desperately tried to make a difference. And again, I think: What a loss. If only there were more like Rachel in this world.

[Narjes Dorzade · Rating 2 out of 5]

با اینکه موضوع نمایشنامه واقعا ارزشمنده، اما در کل یک دستور‌ صحنه، و مونولوگه. شاید هم باید تئاتر اصلی رو که به روی صحنه رفته ببینم.

از متنی که کاترین واینر در روزنامه‌ی گاردین برای مرگِ ریچل کوری نوشته:

همین‌طور نمی‌دانستم ریچل کوری چجور آدمی بوده: یک دختر شلخته، لاغر، عشق سالوادور دالی، به شدت سیگاری و عاشق فهرست درست کردن، و شیفته‌ی موسیقی پت بناتار. همه‌ی این‌ها را بعد‌تر کشف کردم.
ریچل ۱۶ مارس ۲۰۰۳ در سن ۲۳ سالگی به دست بولدوزر کاترپیلار دی_۹ ، وسیله‌ای که مخصوص تخریب خانه‌ها ساخته شده‌ است، به قتل رسید.

[Nasrin · Rating 1 out of 5]

کتابی فاقد ارزش ادبی!
به شدت بد. نخوانید.

[سید سجاد · Rating 3 out of 5]

نمیدونم چرا اسم کتاب نمایشنامه است، هرچند کتاب به روایت اول شخص و به عبارت بهتر مونولوگ است. ولی به نظرم درترجمه می‌شد این عنوان نمایشنامه را از روی جلد حذف کرد. تا مخاطب عام بدون ترس از اینکه با اثری روشنفکری روبه رو است به سراغش می‌رفت.

[Maria Amiridi-Wiedenmayer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ανοίγεται μια πολύ ωραία συζήτηση περί προνομίων και μάλιστα μέσα από το βίωμα μιας προνομιούχας που αποφασίζει να τα απαρνηθεί. Πολύ σημαντικό θέμα, πολύ ενδιαφέρουσα η βιωματική ματιά, καμία απενοχοποιηση των προνομίων. Αυτό που με προβληματίζει είναι ότι πάλι διαβάζουμε μια ιστορία από προνομιούχα μάτια. Τα άτομα με προνόμιο είναι εύκολο να γίνουν ήρωες και ηρωίδες. Όλοι/ες, όμως, δεν ξέρουμε, δεν είδαμε για όλα εκείνα τα άτομα που στερούνται κοινωνικών προνομίων. Κι αυτό είναι ένα ακόμα βιβλίο που ξέρει, είδε, αλλά δεν μας λέει...δεν είναι τόσο ηρωικές οι πράξεις, φαίνεται, των Παλαιστινίων όσο της Αμερικανίδας που πήγε ως εθελόντρια. Σε κάθε περίπτωση είναι ένα βιβλίο που αξίζει να διαβαστεί και να κριθεί για τα πρίσματά του.

[Bobby Daugherty · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not so much a good piece of writing as it is a document of the last documented thoughts of a young liberal woman with suicidal empathy. She doesn't carpet bomb the reader with "privilege" and "white men" like the other book as this one has a better editor. It must have been difficult for her father to read that the very stoicism he embraced to provide for her and his family would be something she despised as she became a sort of embodiment of liberal idiocy. The other tragedy is that she let fear of anti-Semitism and her belief in privilege convince her that the IDF would not kill her if she was unarmed and non-aggressive.

[Rosie Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

My Name is Rachel Corrie had a much greater impact on me than I had expected. The story is written as a play, which is read aloud as Rachel's journal entries that she wrote while at home in Washington, and then while traveling around the world. This felt like the most appropriate way to tell the story, as it seemed Rachel's individuality and independence made her the only qualified person to tell her tale. Because the story was written by Rachel herself, I felt a much greater impact from the words and first hand accounts of terror. A select few entries are written as poems, which helped me to further understand Rachel's itching thoughts about the crisis she was witnessing while visiting Gaza, which is where the majority of the story took place. As the story progressed and Rachel's urge to help the falling country increased, I became more moved as a reader. Because I have been fortunate enough to grow up in California, I have never witnessed the kind of terror that Rachel was seeing first hand; Bombings, killings, destruction of homes with people still inside of them. The passion that she wrote her journal entires with helped me to understand what she was seeing, and why something needs to change. The sudden ending of the book left me with an urge to get moving and do more research, as this was one of the first introductions I have had to such issues in the middle east. Her death brought forth international attention to the wars in the middle east, which is all that she ever wanted. Though she died so young, her legacy will never be forgotten, as it is right here for anybody to read for themselves. Her message will live on.

[Elana · Rating 1 out of 5]

It is a biased look at a hatemongering young woman whose radical views led to her own death.

[sara سارة · Rating 4 out of 5]

''Nothing could have prepared me for the reality of the situation here. You just can't imagine it unless you see it. And even then your experience is not at all the reality.''

''It hurts me, again, like it has hurt me in the past, to witness how awful we can allow the world to be.'

Rachel Corrie was killed on March 16th, 2003.
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[Parnian Rahimi · Rating 5 out of 5]

هزار ستاره... برای ریچل ‌.‌‌..
هزار بوسه برای کوثر عزیزم ...

[Tracy Hollen · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Simon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wish I could see this onstage. I direct theatre for a living, so I can usually visualize a play in my head, but this one defeated me. A one man show is tricky thing to pull off, both for the actor and the audience. There is literally nothing else to watch than the main character, and Rachel Corrie's voice --- the play is verbatim transcriptions of her words, derived from journals, letters, emails, lists, etc., shaped by Alan Rickman for a production --- doesn't become truly compelling until the last five or six pages. Let me be more specific: it doesn't become dramatically compelling. She was an interesting human being, but no more so than many other young people who are filled with ideals. The tragedy of her death illuminates the early sections of her life, but they seem disjointed until the narrative drives toward her last words, which demonstrate a dawning maturity about what she is doing in Gaza.

The play is not anti-Semitic at all. To be Jewish is not to be an Israeli, and vice versa. Israel is a powerful, modern state with a first-class military. Rachel Corrie went to Israel to protest how United States aid is used to support that military and the actions of the Israeli government. She had as much right to do that as Americans who support Israel have to express it. At no point in the script does the character express anti-Semitic sentiments; quite the contrary. God bless her memory.

[Rhiannon Hart · Rating 5 out of 5]

A one-person play to make you angry and tearful. Rachel Corrie was an American college activist during the second intifada in Palestine and was killed trying to prevent the demolition of civilian houses by the Israeli Defense Forces. It's a story as much about the collective punishment borne by the Palestinians as it is about an idealistic young woman trying to make a difference. Beautifully written and saddening.

[Emily Witty · Rating 5 out of 5]

The most powerful piece of theatre I have ever read.

[Wiktoria Pietrzak]

Bez oceny, bo ludzkiej tragedii się nie ocenia.

[Noel نوال · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Nothing could have prepared me for the reality of the situation here. You just can’t imagine it unless you see it. And even then your experience is not at all the reality: what with the difficulties the Israeli army would face if they shot an unarmed US citizen, the fact that I have money to buy water when the army destroys wells, and of course, the fact that I have the option to leave. I am allowed to see the ocean.” ~Rachel Corrie

I had no idea this was a play when I began reading "My Name is Rachel Corrie". A play made from Rachel's journals, emails, and other writings and formed into a play by Alan Rickman (Severus Snape). Though in truth this work reads more like a diary with the occasional mentions of where the actress playing Rachel is moving toward or doing on stage.
On March 16, 2003 Rachel Corrie was murdered by an Israel Defense Force officer than ran over her with a bulldozer when she was protesting against the destruction of the homes of the indigenous Palestinians.
Through her letters, emails, and diary entries enclosed within this play you can see Rachel's transformation of questioning what she was raised to believe about the "Palestinian and Israeli 'conflict'" and moving to the Gaza strip to see the truth for herself and stand in solidarity with Palestinians. This was on the shorter side, and at the very end of the book there's the transcripted news alert about Rachel's murder which brought me to tears. Reading this play and only getting to see a few of Rachel's diary entries I'm interested in reading the full published book of her diary entries.
Rachel was a beautiful human being and her story represents active decolonization of the mind, full acknowledgement of privilege, thoughtful processing of one's ignorance and naivety, and unlearning Zionist ideologies that are so deeply steeped within the Western worldview. Though I highly doubt it, the end of this play made me wonder if there were any repercussions for the Israeli that murdered Rachel, or any form of public outcry from Western countries like America and England that actively fund the Israeli apartheid and settler colonial state.

**UPDATE*** surprise, surprise in 2012 Israel dismissed Rachel's family's case for justice for Rachel's murder saying they hold no responsibility.

[Kyleigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

The novel I have chosen to read was “My Name is Rachel Corrie”. Written by American Activist Rachel Corrie. Originally, I was not fond of the formatting of the novel. This novel is in actuality, a play. The narrator Rachel Corrie performing various acts and actions that were hard to visualize as a reader. If I were to see this novel adapt to a performance, I believe readers would have a critical understanding of the authors' emotion during the events. As I began to truly fathom myself into this novel, I realized what critical messages were being told in this novel. In the beginning, light humor, along with a background of her early life and her strained relationship with her mother and father intrigued me. Corrie and her parents do not hold the same views of the U.S. government. Corrie believes that we Americans have been fooled by the U.S government for so long, due to the fact that we are unintentionally funding for a war that we did not realize was occurring. During the middle passage of the novel, is where I, as a reader began to reflect on the ignorance we as a country choose to have, ignoring the activities that are occurring outside of America. In 2003 Corrie had decided to travel to Rafah to protest and aid the poor, and defenseless citizens in the Israel-Palestine war. As Corrie describes her experience living in homes that were bombed, attending a protest to be shot at by soldiers, the destruction of many Palestine's greenhouses and the elimination of water wells has truly shocked me. This was not merely a novel or a play. This was real-life. Corrie’s final letter she sent to her mother, has truly made this novel a masterpiece. In her final message, Corrie begins to explain to her mother, the privilege and fortunate we have as Americans. And sadly with all of this fortune and privileged we obtain, we choose to do nothing with it and take it for granted. Corrie quotes, “I know that from the United States it all sounds like hyperbole. A lot of the time the kindness of the people here, coupled with the willful destruction of their lives makes it seem unreal to me. I can't believe that something like this can happen in this world without a bigger outcry. It hurts me again like it’s hurt me in the past, to witness how awful we can allow the world to be. Rachel Corrie died months later, on March 16, 2003, protecting a Palestinians families home from being destroyed by a bulldozer. In conclusion, this novel was outstanding. It challenges government policies and common beliefs among American citizens. Although it was heartbreaking at times, that was necessary, because, in reality, that is the true world we live in. However, I believe this novel would have been better as a biography rather than a play to dive into more of Rachel Corrie's life and time in Rafah.

[Boshra · Rating 3 out of 5]

تا به حال شده که به خاطر هر گونه برتری، امکانات و آسایشی که به خاطر خانواده ای که در آن متولد شده اید نصیبتان شده، احساس عذاب وجدان کنید؟ به عذاب وجدانتان پاسخی میدهید یا صرفا تحملش میکنید؟
ریچل کوری این عذاب وجدان را تحمل نکرد و هر آنچه را که داشت برای آسوده کردن وجدانش از دست داد. به نظرم در درون همه ی ما ریچل کوری وجود دارد که برای بقا میجنگد و هرگاه ظلم و نابرابری قدرت میبینیم قلبمان را فشار میدهد. امروز 2 مهر 1401عه و من نمیدونم بعدها این روزهای بعد از مهسا امینی رو چطور به یاد میاریم. فقط ای کاش به ریچل کوری درونم بیشتر فرصت بروز بدهم که بعدا شرمنده ی خودم نشم.

[Hena Tariq · Rating 4 out of 5]

My Name is Rachel Corrie is essentially accumulated journal entries put together to document Rachel Corrie’s experiences as they occurred throughout her life. In result of the story being written by Rachel Corrie herself, I was able to truly indulge in her elaborate life. The words seemed to have a more compelling impact considering they came from the primary source. Throughout the short story, I stumbled upon a few poem entries which allowed the audience to further analyze not only her reasons for wanting to help the people in Gaza but also what the impact of these experiences were. Throughout the story Rachel's relationships began developing with the townspeople's and so did her desire to help them. It was clear that as she got to know these people that their pain became hers. I felt as if I could resonate with this because I took a mission to Mexico where I helped build houses for families who lived in a mixture of stacked cardboard and wooden planks. I too felt the desperate desire to help these families. In conclusion, discovering the horrible death she faced angered me because I felt as if the United States sat back and watched when they should have been aiding in this tragic event.

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

"I wonder if you can forgive the world for all the years spent existing - just existing - in resistance to the constant attempt to erase you from your home. That is something I wonder about these children. I wonder what would happen if they really knew."

[Sukhpreet]

Saw a production of this play years ago and read it for this first time now, with a view to producing it or at least a reading of it--if only I could get a venue in Toronto to agree to that...