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This was a great follow up read for the last book I reviewed here about “le grand dérangement.” It certainly helped fill in more blanks for me regarding family lore. It turns out that Acadians were shipped not only to other British colonies, but to Britain itself with many migrating to find lost family members in other colonies, migrating to France and then migrating out again as part of some ill-fated colonial endeavor…

My second medical literature of this year!
Written in verse-form, a story of an Indian-American girl on the two worlds she belongs to and how she navigates and understands that while coming to terms with her mother‘s illness.

#children #diaspora #writinginverse

This was really fascinating. On one hand, it‘s hard to@believe this stuff happened. On the other hand, we still do this kind of stuff today and do what the Europeans did, call it art. 😞

A lyrical and poetic memoir about a refugee and his thoughts on displacement. This book is set after the Oslo Agreement so reflects the situation during that time.

I love short stories and I'm trying to read a short story every day in 2023. I finished this amazing collection today. I've had this on my shelf for a very long time, so I'm happy to have finally read it. #storyaday2023

Undoubtedly dazzling

Poignant. Touching imageries.

#Haunted Day 23: Technically, there is no #FallTradition here in the UAE, but we do have a long weekend around this time to celebrate the Prophet‘s birthday. And nutella pizza with turkish coffee CAN become a tradition of sorts. 💕👌🏽😍

Written in the late 1990s, this powerful memoir doesn‘t even begin to touch on recent events, which makes the sadness and longing here even more tragic. The emotions run deep within the prose, subtle, and lightened with humor. There‘s no overt rage, more a quiet statement of perspective, and that gives it even more weight and impact. It left me sobbing. #readingasia2021 #palestine