A review by septemberheartflakes
A Place of Refuge by Asmaa Hussein

4.0

I had never read a piece of writing that addresses honest as vulnerable and genuine as this one. Asma constantly reminds herself (and us) that despite acknowledging the weakness, the fact that nothing happens without purpose and that pain is not supposed to hollow us but to strengthen us is also important. I was on the verge of tears every time she wrote about her husband Amr. This was not a book to preach about patience, just to show an example of a woman who firmly believed that trauma and pain was to be used as a tool. There were analogies, metaphors, perspectives woven together.

It's just... beautiful. I don't think only people who had lost a loved one could relate to this book. It is for everyone, as long as you are human and you feel pain.

May Allah ease all our affairs.