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greeniezona's review
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
This collection spends most of its time in post-explosion Beirut, mired in the ever-present garbage that never gets collected, questioning what it means to be Arab at all, let alone a good one, and dealing with legacies of violence, corruption, and colorism.
There is less here on the author's gender/queer identity than I expected, and more about music, I suspect you will want some sort of streaming service handy when you read this.
My favorites in this collection were the "Conversations with Arabs" beginning each section, and the short story "Do You Run When You Hear the Sound of a Loud Crack?"
There is less here on the author's gender/queer identity than I expected, and more about music, I suspect you will want some sort of streaming service handy when you read this.
My favorites in this collection were the "Conversations with Arabs" beginning each section, and the short story "Do You Run When You Hear the Sound of a Loud Crack?"