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"And in that moment, Jamilah hated him."

ughh i hate him so much. i had a really bad feeling abt him from the second he entered her life

i love the way they’re connecting aboriginals to palestinians🥺

"she did not have the luxury of curling up into mourning."

it’s really something to realise that mourning truly is a luxury and these people don’t have it 💔

"Food was the language Mama spoke most fluently"

just causally describing every single arab mother

"Living in the present tense was the only was to stay alive."