Category: Book Review
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Book Review: Cockroach
When I first started reading Rawi Hage’s Cockroach, I was not immediately hooked. Unfamiliar with his writing style, I had picked up the book because I recognized the name. A follow-up to his acclaimed De Niro’s Game, Cockroach explores mental illness, immigration and an immigrant’s struggle for survival. The pacing of the book was not…
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Book Review: The Book of Disappearance
What would happen if all the Palestinians vanished, all at once, from everywhere? In today’s political context, a lot can be inferred. But in Ibtisam Azem’s ‘The Book of Disappearance,’ this premise becomes a reality. Right from the start, Azem’s compelling writing and distinctive narrative hook the reader – a liberal Zionist journalist can no…
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Book Review: Evil Eye
Have you ever wondered what your life would look like if you didn’t have to live up to society – and more often, to your family’s – expectations? Maybe you would’ve chosen a different career path, maybe you would’ve ended up with a different partner. Maybe, just maybe, you would’ve done what really makes you…
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Book Review: Enter Ghost
A Gripping and Powerful Look into The Protagonist’s Struggle with Her Palestinianism Sonia Naser has spent all her life in London. Growing up, she, her sister, mother, and father would visit their extended family in Palestine, something Sonia reflects a lot about. But for the past several years, Sonia has not been back to Palestine,…