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The Day Nina Simone Stopped Singing by Mohamed Kacimi, Darina Al-Joundi
4.0
When I started reading this book I thought it was a funny coming to age story where the dad is joking about getting your period and warning you about bras. By the end of the book I was so moved and so in awe of the life of this woman the coming of age idea seemed to vanish in the air.
You don’t understand violence that you don’t see or experience in your lifetime. If it didn’t happen in your country or to someone you know it’s almost like it doesn’t exist. This book was a real eye opener about a civil war that really happened, even if no one I know lived through it or no one’s family had to come from their country to mine. Taking place during the Lebanese War Ms. Al-Joundi describes the war through her eyes and all the things life has happen even if war is occurring: sex, drugs, and terrible violence and all.
You don’t understand violence that you don’t see or experience in your lifetime. If it didn’t happen in your country or to someone you know it’s almost like it doesn’t exist. This book was a real eye opener about a civil war that really happened, even if no one I know lived through it or no one’s family had to come from their country to mine. Taking place during the Lebanese War Ms. Al-Joundi describes the war through her eyes and all the things life has happen even if war is occurring: sex, drugs, and terrible violence and all.