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Dena Takruri

Dena Takruri

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    They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom

    2023 winner
    They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom

    Author(s):

    Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

    Publisher:

    One World

    Published:

    September 2023
    A Palestinian activist jailed at sixteen after a confrontation with Israeli soldiers illuminates the daily struggles of life under occupation in this moving, deeply personal memoir.“I cannot even begin to convey the clarity, the...

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