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Reem Gaafar is a Sudanese public health physician, researcher, writer and mother of three boys. She is published in both fiction and non-fiction circles, contributing to issues on public health and policy, society, racism and women’s rights. Her work has appeared in African Arguments, 500 Words Magazine, Teakisi Magazine, African Feminism, Andariya Magazine, International Health Policies and Health Systems Global.
Her short story Light of the Desert was published in the anthology I Know Two Sudans (Gipping Press, UK). Her second short short Finding Descartes was published in the anthology Relations: African and Diaspora Voices (HarperVia). Her debut novel A Mouth Full of Salt (Saqi Books, Invisible Books) won The Island Prize in 2023, was li
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A Mouth Full of Salt

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I just finished reading the Game of Thrones series (caution: do not attempt to read these books if you have deadlines and children to feed because you won't be able to put them down). In the last couple of books the dragon girl Daenerys Targaryen invades and then abandons several cities, and then decides to stay in the last one to rule as queen, even though she's not even from this place and is su Read more of this blog post »
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"I’ve accidentally read almost all debuts this year. I added this to my list 2 years ago and randomly found it in London- I’m so glad I did. Probs 4.5 stars or maybe I’ll go to 5. It was frankly not what I thought it was going to be about, but such ou" Read more of this review »
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"This was a damn good book that got me exploring and learning about Sudan’s culture and history. I love any book that can paint vivid pictures, make me feel things, and provoke thoughts, and when it introduces me to a culture I barely know, that’s jus" Read more of this review »
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“Fatima stared at Sadig and opened her mouth to scream at him that it was all of those things and more: it was the betrayal, the living of a lie, of false modesty and piety, it was the injustice heavily handed down with no right. It was the punishment that had fallen on her brother because of what someone else had done.”
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“As the death of a parent either brings families together or breaks them apart, their motherless family eventually drifted away from each other, each sibling searching for their worth in a family of their own.”
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“The river was like a bit of string, following her through time and place, anchoring her here – to a village that she hated with all her heart – but also moving her along.”
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“As the death of a parent either brings families together or breaks them apart, their motherless family eventually drifted away from each other, each sibling searching for their worth in a family of their own.”
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“The river was like a bit of string, following her through time and place, anchoring her here – to a village that she hated with all her heart – but also moving her along.”
Reem Gaafar, A Mouth Full of Salt

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