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And yet we all ask this question or something like it countless times a
day, and we’re called on to answer it just as often:
How are you? How are you doing? How are you feeling?
We ask it so reflexively that we scarcely hear ourselves. And we answer
in the same spirit:
Great, thanks, how are you? Everything’s fine! Busy!
Without pausing for even a second to think before we reply.

"... For how else is the son to continue living if he must not also forget that no matter how hard we try we can never entirely know our fathers."

"knowing a book by heart is like carrying a house inside your chest"

I'm already in love with the writing style and the way Hicham Matar details...

ايليا

موريس

سويسرا الشرق

حبيبة روحي.. حدثيني.. تكلمي
أنا ها هنا أصغي إليك إلى الفجر

ظلم.. حرام بأن أختار بينهما
ليت التعدد في الأزواج من ديني

ما لي احس إذا ذكرتك أنني
لي ها هنا في القلب قلب ثان؟

Practically everything and anything is for sale in Lebanon.

ما العاشقان سوى طفلين شدهما
ستر فإن أبصرا ما خلفه... افترقا