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Somia’s 2025 Year in Books
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Somia Sadiq
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The beauty of your face by Sahar Mustafah, the house of the spirits by Isabel Allende, and the book of form and emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
What Do We Really Inherit?
Naano, my maternal grandmother, used to collect teacups. Short ones. Round ones. Pretty, colourful, imperfect ones. Especially imperfect ones. Those received extra love from her. She’d even talk to them as if they were her friends.
My grandmother passed on a long time ago, but I still ask my aunties if any of those cups remain. I never felt the need to hold on to objects from my grandparents until Read more of this blog post »
My grandmother passed on a long time ago, but I still ask my aunties if any of those cups remain. I never felt the need to hold on to objects from my grandparents until Read more of this blog post »
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| Good book with some practical perspectives on how to reframe conflict as it unfolds. I like the illustrations - they add a decent visual break. The book reads very much like its coming from lived experience and deep observations as opposed to academi ...more | |
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| I had a hard time putting this book down! It has been several days since I finished reading it and I'm still carrying it with me - a sure sign of a great read! As an intergenerational survivor of the Partition, I grieved the many losses of lives and ...more | |
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"My late friend Allan Segal, who made television documentaries--including a famous one about India’s partition and independence for Granada's End of Empire series--blamed England for the unimaginable violence that ensued, following its hasty 1947 with"
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"If you love lyrical prose that feels like poetry (think Nikita Gill, Elif Shafak or Arundhati Roy) you need to add this to your TBR immediately. It is a haunting, beautiful journey through grief and grace that will linger with you long after the fina"
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"This novel is a sensory masterpiece that maps the geography of a woman's soul across Punjab, Kashmir, and the Canadian prairies. Sadiq captures the cadence of the language of ancestors and the prints of the past through symbols like the takhti and th"
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