Middle East
Syria’s Secret Library: Reading and redemption in a town under siege by Mike Thomson
by Beejay Silcox •
The Battle for the Arab Spring: Revolution, Counter-Revolution and the Making of a New Era by Lin Noueihed and Alex Warren & Libya: The Rise and Fall of Qaddafi by Alison Pargeter
by Peter Rodgers •
Arab France: Islam and the Making of Modern Europe, 1798–1831 by Ian Coller
by Robert Aldrich •
It has been raining all week, persistent drizzle unlike the brief downpours that are more typical of Beirut. The city is slumbering. I am staying with my parents. My father goes out less often. My mother is snuggled under the blankets. She hopes the war won’t happen. The kettle is boiling like a purring cat. The house is quiet. Rain is the soporific of cities.
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