The camp's sandy alleyways have so far only led her round in circles, like a maze, always back to where she started. The only route that didn't feel like it was a trick was the one to school each morning. She strode towards it, proudly, rebelliously, convinced it would lead her out of there, in the end, to finish her studies elsewhere.
She cannot hear the chaos of her five sisters running around her....
She is too engrossed in her books.
pick(2025) This is one of the more important books I've read this year, and it consolidates a lot of my own thoughts and misgivings about my country's place in the world. It's about Gaza, but not just about Gaza, more broadly about the many theaters where the current world order is based on dehumanization and violence against people whom it has found advantageous to think of as not-people. No comfortable read, but eye-opening and compelling.
pickThought-provoking. Difficult at times to read but necessary.
bailedI had to bail at page 63, the spin was making me too dizzy to keep reading.
#HailTheBail
89/80
Ok Littens, y'all have piqued my curiosity with this one!
#BlameItOnLitsy
pickA vital, difficult, confronting look at Western Liberalism, Muslim identity, the genocide in Gaza, and refugee identity, freedom, and gratitude. It is hard to find the words to properly review this, but it is well worth your time. El Akkad does a wonderful job with the narration, and I found listening in small chunks was the best way to digest and engage with this work.
#Bookspin December
1. Beyond Survival
2. Cobalt Red
3. The Underground Girls of Kabul
4. Flesh and Blood so Cheap
5. Waiting to be Arrested
6. Cesar Chavez
7. Trailblazer
8. The Deviants' War
9. Some People Need Killing
10. Four Shots
11. Small Acts of Courage
12. Necessary Trouble
13. Buses are a'Coming
14. Generation Revolution
15. Dorothy Day
16. Call Him Jack
17. Give Us The Ballot
18. Kids These Days
19. Salt Thief
20. American Midnight
