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Fatima loves poetry and wants to study French literature—both of which are anathema to her strict and conservative much older brother, Saqr. While living under his roof, Fatima’s hopes and dreams are scrutinized, mocked, and slowly crushed as she is forced into his narrow vision of the right path. Then Fatima meets Isam, a poet like her; they email love letters to each other and meet in secret. Saqr, however, has other ideas: she is married off to Faris, a complete stranger. He is not the cruel tyrant her brother was, but still she did not choose him. Will she escape her past to live the life of love and poetry she craves?

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[A] breathless, kaleidoscopic novel ... Al-Essa has advanced and amplified a vital message: that self-expression and self-realisation, as ever, go hand in hand. * Banipal: Magazine of Modern Arab Literature *

All That I Want to Forget

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    A Paperback / softback by Bothayna Al-Essa, Michele Henjum

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      Publisher The American University in Cairo Press
      Published 18 December 2018
      ISBN-13 9789774169083
      978-9774169083
      ISBN-10 9774169085

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Fatima loves poetry and wants to study French literature—both of which are anathema to her strict and conservative much older brother, Saqr. While living under his roof, Fatima’s hopes and dreams are scrutinized, mocked, and slowly crushed as she is forced into his narrow vision of the right path. Then Fatima meets Isam, a poet like her; they email love letters to each other and meet in secret. Saqr, however, has other ideas: she is married off to Faris, a complete stranger. He is not the cruel tyrant her brother was, but still she did not choose him. Will she escape her past to live the life of love and poetry she craves?

      Trade Review
      [A] breathless, kaleidoscopic novel ... Al-Essa has advanced and amplified a vital message: that self-expression and self-realisation, as ever, go hand in hand. * Banipal: Magazine of Modern Arab Literature *

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