We name Monster

By Sultan Fariz Syah

We name Monster is a haunting, courageous memoir-documentary that breaks decades of imposed silence on the atrocities committed against Acehnese children during military occupation. Written by survivor and cultural archivist Sultan Fariz Syah, this book is a raw act of remembrance and resistance-documenting the real stories of children who were abducted, tortured, raped, or murdered under state terror.
Each chapter centers on the life of a young victim, detailing not only the brutality they suffered but the lives they could have lived. Based on over 30 years of grassroots testimony collection, legal analysis, and cultural preservation, this book offers irrefutable evidence, eyewitness records, and the sacred naming of victims and perpetrators in accordance with the Acehnese tradition of Batu Aceh remembrance.
More than a record of loss, this is a defiant call to justice. The author does not seek pity-he demands truth. Refusing to anonymize pain or sanitize crimes, Don't Tell Me to Forgive asks: How can a nation heal if it erases the names of its dead?
This book is not only for Aceh-it is for every community that has endured genocide, every family that has lost a child to violence, and every reader who believes that silence is not peace.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FCS6G144
• ISBN13: 9798287595760
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"