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If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
An aggravatingly beautiful story where form, characters, plot, and sentence level writing is at its peak. A winding toxic, insidious romance between an Egyptian-American woman and an Egyptian man in Cairo
I will be returning to this for the examinations of abusive and how identity complicates these dynamics
“I am wanting the abuse, or, at the very least, accepting it as mine. After years of claiming Arabness as an excuse for what I am—hairy, hard-boned and dirt-skinned, sensual, impulsive, superstitious, nostalgic, full of body-shame and estrangement—I feel I'm earning it at last.”
I will be returning to this for the examinations of abusive and how identity complicates these dynamics
“I am wanting the abuse, or, at the very least, accepting it as mine. After years of claiming Arabness as an excuse for what I am—hairy, hard-boned and dirt-skinned, sensual, impulsive, superstitious, nostalgic, full of body-shame and estrangement—I feel I'm earning it at last.”