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"There is a beauty to their gathering; it fills them with pride."
242 and 243 have made me cry. The parallels between the protests against Assad and pride parades really brought the tears

Like, it's both sad and not at the same time. It's sad because "we already told him that" indicates that he's been dead to them for a while, likely bc he was gay and ran off. But not sad as well because this is freeing in a sense; Wassim no longer has to worry about what his dad thinks or if his dad is looking for him. This is almost a rebirth

""Would you please at least tell him I'm dead?" I said.
"You silly thing." She smiled. "We already told him that.""
oof that hit me really bad.

"Just one more high and I can handle the low. One more cloud and I'll be standing free in the sun."

Yeah no Wassim is better than me, bc you've got me so fcked up. And if Wassim had drowned?
holy shit I feel like I just got punched in the face

HOLY SHIT- WHATTTTT? Hussam's and Wassim's différent versions of the story...

I love the historical contexts in here, too.

""Stop talking shit to yourself...The voice in your head should be the nicest voice you hear.""

while I think both characters are interesting to follow, I am more interested in Wassim's POV more