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I have a feeling im about to get whiplash

Chillssssss

I missed her writing

Am I overthinking or is she kinda normalizing and being nonchalant about slavery “ various instruments of punishment and torture lie at the foot of the pillars: Rust shackles, iron handcuffs, spiked, collars, and others I cannot name. They make me shudder, but are to be expected in such a place.” And then proceeds to empathize with her beau’s potential mistress being trapped and tortured here instead of the sla

The writing in this is very elementary not going to lie

what a phenomenal chapter. i say this all the time....she knows how to write her antagonists

Silvia’s character work is so good

Liking it so farrrr

He tilts his head at me. “It’s common decency, Jihad. You don’t need to thank me for that.” “All right, we cried, laughed, divulged some deep trauma, and nearly braided each other’s hair. Well, my hair and your hijab. So I think we should just get some studying in?” This time I’m the one who laughs, and the grin he has is victorious

i cant stop crying and smiling

“Do you want to report this?” I shake my head, forcing myself to speak steadily. “He technically didn’t do anything.” He frowns. “But you were scared.”

i cry

Jamie, you are a gem of a character. ily. I'm literally crying from the sheer kindness and consideration he exudes.

Things are about to gooo downnn

Lowkey obsessed with this…. How am i able to understand the coded language like this?? It needs to be studied

There is a character named Lebanon and a lot of other characters named after cities/countries in the SWANA region…. I likeyy

“He wanted to hopelessly entangle her soul with his until there were one and the same, to follow her to the bottom of the sea, to rot beside her when death devoured them both.”

Happy pub day!! Also I started this last night……. what a writer……..really impressed

What a fantastic chapter

“Im not above retrieving that. And it would not be a hardship to do so, Leena. So be a good girl and hand it over.” IM SCREAMIBGGGGG

THE TENSIONNNNNNNNNNNNM YALLLLLLL I WAS SQUEALINGGGGG LAST NIGHT

Read the intro! Her commentary about her reasons for writing this book and her opinions about the og fairytale itself was pretty interesting.

It took reading to 5% to get me more invested and find some answers

I learned that once you get into the groove of her writing and storytelling you get transported and it is hard to dehypnotize yourself.

“Qahr” for Bisan…. Oh im not okay. Free Palestine

Oh how i loved the short story “A tale of ash in seven birds”

Fought with the pacing from 19-27% but we are back!! Still loving it

Im giggling and smirking while reading this you guys. THAT’S GOOD HEHEH

I just know I’m going to be completely enamored by this book

“Over and over, in these stories, I find myself returning to what Emily Yoshida called "the terrifying magic of two women in a room, talking, and agreeing that "there's still so much of it we haven't explored yet."

I always get so MAD when i hear the experiences of Palestinians going through the airport/checkpoints 😡😡😡