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« The wise man should always follow the road that have been trodden by the great, and imitate those who have most excelled, so that, if he cannot reach their perfection, he may at least acquire something of its savor »

This is pretty much what Yami Ahmad is doing; he is following the road of “the great”, such as Ghassen Kanfeni, Mahmud Darwish, Nawal al Sa’ddewi and Ghadda al Saman, and you can taste their influence in his words. He does not only use them as references and quotes from their works but also adopts their beliefs and merges them with a Gazanian vision of the world.

I love the fact that Yami uses stream of consciousness on both his characters, Reem and Adam. The reader can have access to the story from the inner mind-state of the person. I like this style because “you never really understand a person … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”

After reading the book, I learned four things: first, our world is not a wish-granting factory. Second, what slut time is, it screws everybody. Third, considering the way the world is, one happy day is almost a miracle. In the end, the most interesting people always leave.