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Lamiya

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Lamiya’s Notes & Highlights

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

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He was a man of dust who served men of silver: it was impossible not to know his place in the world.

Mornings in Jenin

by Susan Abulhawa

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Atmosphere

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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Lamiya’s Quotes

“If you weep for all the sorrows in this world, in the end you will have no eyes.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees

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“To immigrants and exiles everywhere,
the uprooted, the re-rooted, the rootless,
And to the trees we left behind,
rooted in our memories ...”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees

tags: immigrants

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“You don't share a language, you think, and then you realise, grief is a language. We understand each other, people with troubled pasts.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees

tags: grief

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“carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man”
― Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis

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“that is what migrations and relocations do to us: when you leave your home for unknown shores, you don’t simply carry on as before; a part of you dies inside so that another part can start all over again.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees

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Lamiya’s Groups

That Sunday Girl Book Club — 11 members — last activity Oct 01, 2024 08:27PM
Picture this: a cozy Sunday, surrounded by like-minded girls who prefer the quiet hum of a good story over the noise of the outside world. We meet onc ...more

Around the World in 80 Books — 31348 members — last activity 1 hour, 22 min ago
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more

The 52 Book Club: 2026 Challenge — 27805 members — last activity 7 hours, 45 min ago
This group is for those participating in The 52 Book Club's annual challenges! With 52 unique prompts released each year, the goal is to diversify our ...more

Read With Raegan — 617 members — last activity May 15, 2026 11:06AM
Raegan Revord's book club. For story seekers. Welcome to Read With Raegan, a space where we celebrate books, good conversation, and the joy of gettin ...more