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Mirage by Somaiya Daud
4.0

I tend to hate history. But this year my favorite books have been fantasies with nods or bases of historical colonialism.
I think Mirage not only hits on the Arabization of Morocco, in an interesting way but she also has diaspora-like characters and mixed characters that i believe shed light on how they don’t feel like they fit into either culture the way everyone else seems to.
I am not very articulate but this book was so great for touching on these subjects and more!
I like the characters but I don’t love them, but there’s another book to help my love grow!