Title: A dissapointment
Product review: I was unpleasantly surprised after reading the introduction. Not only was it boring and full of unnecessary details, but it abounds in statements like "Palestinian disaster of 1948", the "massacres of the innocent", "Zionist agriculture with its efficient sprinklers and "mortgaged trees"" (?????!!!!!!!) etc, that are clearly offensive to Israel.Nobody disputes that the history of the Palestinians is full of tragedy and it is bound to influence the poetic mind, but non-substantiated, overtly political statements have no place in a literary anthology. The author clearly lacks professional ethics, letting her bias affect her work. Plus, the poetry was for the most part mediocre, and some Arabic women poets from the Middle East who have friendly ties to Israel are omitted. I admire Arab culture and have Arab ancestry, but this is not the way I wanted to get into the mind of Arabic women. This anthology told me nothing.
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