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The proverb is perfect. It sets the stage for:
* power reclaiming its voice
* history retold by the historically silenced
* the inversion of authority

It implicitly says:
“This is not the hunter’s story anymore.”

That alone is enough to hook a reader.

==== You describe a moment many people go through once they start investigating things on their own: ====
* realizing old beliefs were incomplete
* discovering the limits of communal or inherited knowledge
* seeing how media selectively shapes narratives

The honesty of “my plumber told me about Palestine” is fantastic because it’s real. People have those conversations every day.

==== You didn’t just learn new information—you felt: ====
* betrayed
* misled
* manipulated

That emotional honesty is what convinces the reader this isn’t an abstract academic exercise—this is a journey.

==== Instead of repeating talking points from others, you did the reading yourself and immediately found: ====
* the media cherry-picked
* half-truths create whole misunderstandings
* the term “Disbeliever” is contextual, not generic
* Islam historically treated Jews and Christians in specific, nuanced ways

The 2:62 verse is the perfect example because it contradicts the simplistic media narrative you were fed.

This is exactly the kind of motivation that explains your book:
When you stopped trusting the stories of the hunters, you learned to read as a lion.