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Rania Hanna is a Syrian-American writer and researcher.

The Jinn Daughter is her debut novel.

She loves to read deliciously dark books, drink black tea with saffron sugar, and take solitary walks in the local cemetery when the wind's blowing just so and a storm is on the horizon.

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“I have wishes, too,” I whisper. “But they never come true.”
― Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

tags: fantasy, folklore, jinn, magical-realism, middle-eastern-fantasy

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“As many stars as there are in the sky, that is how many breaths I will love you for.”
― Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

tags: fantasy, folklore, jinn, magical-realism, middle-eastern

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“Facts aren’t a threat, Hakawati, not unless you treat them that way. And the fact is, Layala would have been dead years now if it weren’t for me. She should have stayed dead all those years ago. You bought her time, yes, but bought time runs out.”
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“The dead have been dropping all night.”
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“I hate lying to my daughter’s face, but her questions have plagued me for years.”
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“He laughs, the sound gravelly but warm, like honey mixed with sand. I want to hold him like he used to hold me, when he was alive. But bodies move and fit differently in death, less flesh and more ash”
― Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

tags: fantasy, folklore, jinn, legend, magical-realism, romantasy

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“I have wishes, too,” I whisper. “But they never come true.”
― Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

tags: fantasy, folklore, jinn, magical-realism, middle-eastern-fantasy

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“She gives me aurum metallicum, essence of gold, because the cure for sadness is beauty.”
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