Alli N.’s Reviews > They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom > Status Update

The chapter Prison is something I wish I could make everyone read. It not only demonstrates the core international crimes of the Israeli government and its occupation, but captures the strength of resistance in even the most restricted of times. Existence is hope. Laughter is resistance. Education breaks the shackles of oppression.

I will probably reread this book a million times over. The Tamimi family is the greatest demonstration of love and strength. Ahed’s description of her mentality surviving prison speaks to the passion and strength we should all find within ourselves to live our life to our fullest.

There are so many people I wish I could make listen to this section of the book, where Ahed explains the entire journey of her prison experience and the every day horrors of being in Israeli detention as a 16 year old.

Reading this at this time is almost easier, than the heartbreak I felt before. Things are so much worse, but the levels of the brave lioness and the lions will live on, as their youth and determinance will bring anger enough to spark peace.

Listening to this story told by my hero Dena Takruri is so worth it, even if I’m not an audiobook kinda gal!