Meeting History and Toxic Masculinity in Classic Naguib Mahfouz Novel

Reading Time: 3 minutes Some of you may know that I lived in Egypt in the 90s. I was mostly isolated by my mental illness, but even then, I had noticed the prominence of the Si-Sayed figure. What I didn’t ever expect is that this figure appears in Naguib Mahfouz’s 1956 classic called The Palace …

BR: Star Cursed by Jessica Spotswood Book Review

Reading Time: 2 minutes   Warning: Here be spoilers. If you are interested in reading this book, and you dislike spoilers, RUN. As Star Crossed by Jessica Spotswood is the middle of a trilogy, I cannot help but spoil the first book at least. premise The Cahill sisters, living in an oppressive regime of patriarchy, are …

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