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#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/