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Book progress update
May 22, 20152

What do we have in common?

“It’s bad to say goodbye in my language; instead, we say ‘see you later’,” said the Aboriginal lady to me, teaching me an Aboriginal word, which...

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Book progress update
April 9, 20150

Slow cooking the story

I tried to write Sabah and Lamia’s story but nothing worked. I tried to imagine what it was like in their home in Baghdad but I could not conjure up sounds or smells or...

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