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Review – Leila Aboulela’s The Kindness of Enemies


Posted by tasnim on 15 Feb 2016 / 1 Comment
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Leila Aboulela’s The Kindness of Enemies, her fifth novel, explores the complexities of loyalty, religion and of nationalism, and the human yearning for belonging. The story is structured as two parallel narratives, a third person historical narrative set during the 19th century Caucasian war, and a contemporary narrative narrated in first person by Natasha Wilson, […]

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Minaret by Leila Aboulela


Posted by faith on 16 Dec 2008 / 0 Comments
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In spring 2006, I was in a Barnes & Nobles in downtown Philadelphia looking for a book to read, when Minaret caught my eye. It was in a display of books recommended by the staff. The front cover wasn’t that intriguing (usual woman with a veil on her face that often shows up on books […]

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