Can Reading Save us From a Harsh Reality?
I grew up watching my grandmother, teta Mounira, sit in a corner on her favorite couch, reading one book after the other by her favorite writer, Tawfiq El-Hakim. The sun rays of Cairo reflected on her perfectly white hand-knitted cap and her black frail hair. She was the strongest woman I have ever seen, but […]
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