Talita 🔎📚’s Reviews > Rapture > Status Update

By framing these centuries-old Arab dishes as simply what a 'local Israeli girl likes to eat,' the narrative inadvertently participates in the ongoing cultural erasure and appropriation of Palestinian and Arab culinary heritage."

While Rapture is a fantasy novel, its real-world settings bring up real-world issues of cultural representation. In the Jerusalem scene, the book introduces traditional Levantine Arab foods—like falafel, hummus, and tabbouleh—through the exclusive lens of an Israeli character recommending them.