#LuckyInLove Day 28: This is a #LongDistanceLove of sorts for a poet in exile away from his home country. Paired with fresh guacamole straight from the avocado and mixed in front of you. Absolutely special.
#LuckyInLove Day 28: This is a #LongDistanceLove of sorts for a poet in exile away from his home country. Paired with fresh guacamole straight from the avocado and mixed in front of you. Absolutely special.
A doctorate - that's really something.
Putting on an act of humility, I told him that the
matter entailed no more than spending three years delving into the life of an obscure English poet.
I was furious - I won't disguise the fact from you - when the man laughed unashamedly and said We have no need of poetry here.
This has been on my shelf forever… and while it took a few pages (I had to reread the first 5 pages) to get a handle on the writing style, and then it blew me away. I could almost feel this story settling over me like a blanket while reading. Set in Cairo, this tells a story in 4 different perspectives.
#HumbleHarvest Day 9: Bamboo stalks and #Hayride(s) seem to go together. Paired with delicious mexican burrito. Book was strongly recommended by my Kuwaiti doctoral student. 💕💕💕
📕I read this book for a class and had a completely different idea going into it. It was a fascinating read and left me quite uncomfortable (which is the point!). I just don't know if any of the portrayals of the Sudanese people could be damaging. Of course, it is strategic, but anyone has access to read this book and have opinions based on the portrayal. I still don't know how to feel about this book, but it was wonderfully written! ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
#AutumnPlease! Day 26: I have a feeling wearing a #Mask could be a theme here with the main character struggling to find a sense of belonging while in-between cultures as a biracial individual - and not really fitting in with one (Kuwaiti) or the other (Filipino).
#readaroundtheworld #egypt A story of multiple romances and a murder told through the eyes of 4 separate character‘s narrations. Mahfouz, the Nobel Prize winning author, manages to give us a lens into these characters lives while reflecting the romance and betrayals of the Egyptian Revolution. However, Zohra, the strong willed and beautiful young woman who is at the center of the plot does not get her own narration. Alexandria sounds wonderful
4.5 ⭐This is a story about an Egyptian American girl who is going to an American school in the third grade for the first time. She becomes a little embarrassed by both her lunch and her language being something the kids don‘t know. With the encouragement of the teacher, she uses her grandmother‘s quilt to help show everybody that language is unique, beautiful, amazing, and helps make everybody friendlier.