New Look

I’m glad Katrina left Cecilia and her family untouched. I’m also glad I’m no longer in orlando to have to worry about yet another hurricane. When I asked a friend in Orlando about why he choose to move into an area flooded by hurricanes on a yearly basis, he said that the risk of [...]

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Gardenias and more

The third book I read during my European Vacation was in Arabic. After my disappointment with عمارة يعقوبيان I decided to brave it again and hit another one in my mother tongue. The choice this time fell on رأيت رام الله for مريد البرغوثي . Now let me switch to Arabic for a change:
في هذه [...]

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The Da Vinci Code?…Really?

So what’s all this fuss about? There’s nothing artistic about the telling of this novel. The search for the Holy Grail reveals many secrets and hidden stories to the grand-daughter of the leader of an organization whose main aim is to preserve the real story of Jesus; his humanity, as opposed to the Church’s rendition [...]

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Portrait of the Snail

ONCE upon a time and a very good time it was there was a girl who went on a family trip for 4 weeks… Since the highlights of my trip have already been listed here , I think my after-vacation highlights will be on the books I managed to finish during. For now anyway. I [...]

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