The Kindness of Enemies by Leila Aboulela [in Library Journal]
05 Dec, by in Adult Readers, African, Arab American, Audio, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Repost
*STARRED REVIEW In a dual narrative, Leila Aboulela (Minaret; Lyrics Alley), winner of the inaugural Caine Prize for African Writing, exposes the impossibility of definitively taking sides. In 2010 Scotland, the global war on terror pixilates the lives of history professor Natasha, her student Oz, and...
As Najwa loses everything important in her life – her country, her father, her mother, her brother, her lover – she finds solace by embracing the strict tenets of fundamental Islam. While the book offers insight...