Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine | 
pick#JuneItsElectrifying Day 3: This is the award-winning-essay that Ibtisam wrote for a #TalentShowCompetition highlighting her ruminations abt God‘s existence & her struggle to find meaning to a senseless war. Memoirs like Barakat‘s personalize history as it unfolds, they put a human face to a seemingly-interminable struggle, and make us wonder about our own humanity. Full review here: https://gatheringbooks.org/2017/06/19/monday-reading-52/
Vesak Day Indulgence with Ibtisam Barakat.
Look who is purring on my lap as I Litsy! Yes, it's #Septimus! 😍😻😍😻😍😻😍
Instead of celebrations, Ibtisan Barakat, as a young Palestinian girl living in Occupied territory in the early 1970s, would like ce-liberat-ions of freedom. 👍🏼💕💪🏼 #diversereads
👆🏼#TrickyCat has had an exhausting day, as #catsofLitsy are prone to! Now he must nestle between his humans, in his favorite sleeping position. 😻😻😻
#TrickyCat nestled between the covers of our bed. I planned to kick him out of the bedroom in order to have a restful sleep, but seriously, who can resist this big fur baby? So of course, 5 minutes later he's 😴 #catsofLitsy #crazycatladies
