“Every lemon will bring forth a child, and the lemons will never die out.” Zoulfa Katouh’s As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow (Little, Brown & Co 2022) is a love letter to Syria, each page solidifying that the “where” is always so much a part of the “who” when it comes to identity. TheContinue reading “AS LONG AS THE LEMON TREES GROW – Zoulfa Katouh”
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THE MAP OF SALT AND STARS – Zeyn Joukhadar
“A person can be two things at the same time,” Itto says. “The land where your parents were born will always be in you. Words survive. Borders are nothing to words and blood.” The power of storytelling is something that will forever unite us. Regardless of where on the map you call home, regardless ofContinue reading “THE MAP OF SALT AND STARS – Zeyn Joukhadar”
A Girl Named Tommi 