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There are already so many blogs out there that you might wonder—why would anyone, in their right mind, start another one? I asked myself a lot of questions before taking the plunge: Will my blog find a place in the already saturated bookish blogosphere? Will people actually be interested in reading my articles? What difference […]

Three Palestinian women. Three timelines. Three points of view. 1990. Palestine. Sixteen-year-old Isra is married off to Adam, an older man who lives in Brooklyn, New York. It’s an arranged marriage that marks the beginning of her new life—and the loss of the one she knew. 1990. Brooklyn. Farida, Adam’s mother, lives with the couple

Spoiler warning: this reflection includes major plot details from the novel. If you haven’t read the book yet and want to go in blind (which I recommend), maybe save this post for later. Reading Dark Matter felt like falling down a rabbit hole I didn’t even realize I’d entered. One moment I thought I knew

  “I am not sorry my brother died.”That’s how the story begins. One sentence — sharp, unsettling, unforgettable. Tambu, a young girl growing up in rural Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), dreams of an education like her older brother’s. But her parents laugh at her. “Can you cook books and feed them to your husband?” her mother

Reading Minor Detail by Adania Shibli was a quiet yet unsettling experience—like stepping into a room where something has just happened, and no one’s talking about it. The silence in this book is almost louder than words. And yet, if you pay attention, the book is filled with subtle, layered moments—small things that say everything.