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The Sea Cloak
The Sea Cloak | Nayrouz Qarmout
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The Sea Cloak is a collection of 11 stories by the author, journalist, and womens rights campaigner, Nayrouz Qarmout. Drawing from her own experiences growing up in a Syrian refugee camp, as well as her current life in Gaza, these stories stitch together a patchwork of different perspectives into what it means to be a woman in Palestine today. Whether following the daily struggles of orphaned children fighting to survive in the rubble of recent bombardments, or mapping the complex, cultural tensions between different generations of refugees in wider Gazan society, these stories offer rare insights into one of the most talked about, but least understood cities in the Middle East. Taken together, the collection affords us a local perspective on a global story, and it does so thanks to a cast of (predominantly female) characters whose vantage point is rooted, firmly, in that most cherished of things, the home.
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lil1inblue
The Sea Cloak | Nayrouz Qarmout
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟(4.5/5)
Beautifully written short stories. Emotional, relective reading. The title story was particularly good.
Book 4/7 for #fabulousfebruary

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lil1inblue
The Sea Cloak | Nayrouz Qarmout
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I'm going to try to finish #7in7. I'm 80% or so finished with 4 books, and 60% finished with another. 6 and 7 might be a little ambitious. But it would feel so good to finish them all! #20in4 #fabulousfebruary #cantstopwontstop

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rockpools
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Short stories from #Palestine & another book that makes me want to spend more time in a place, to hear more voices, a greater range of stories. Here, amongst the bombs & violence, we spend a day at the beach, see an employee dispute escalate, and sort stones with the children of Gaza. Qarmout steers away from good/bad guys tropes & declares that people (and places) are complicated. Not sure it‘s the best translation, but overall I liked this a lot

TrishB Lovely review ♥️ 4y
rockpools Thanks @TrishB 😊 4y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage Sounds like a good choice! 4y
Reggie This sounds great. Stacked. 4y
Cinfhen This does sound EXCELLENT/ I‘m gonna look for it!!! Thanks for sharing and posting 💕 4y
rockpools @Reggie @Cinfhen And now I‘m worried that I‘ve oversold it 🤣🤣 4y
BookwormM I have just started mine 4y
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