i have no respect for khaled hosseini, he is an imperialist puppet who bends over backwards for the US + his writing is really subpar when you learn how to not romanticise every romantic/brotherly interaction that takes place within war-ridden countries
really love anne carson’s 'antigone', because hegel is patronised multiple times throughout her adaptation. he claimed that antigone acts from unconscious loyalty, in defence of polyneices, while, in carson's adaptation, antigone-
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الفتاة التي تحبّ فكرة الزواج
وتتحمّس لأن يكون لها أطفال تربّيهم
وبيت خاص بها تنظّفه وتطبخ فيه
وتهتمّ بأسرتها الصغيرة وتطيع زوجها بالمعروف؛
ليست ساذجة، ولا مهانة، ولا منعدمة الكرامة!
بل هي إنسانة سليمة الفطرة والعقل، لم تتأثّر بأفكار الغرب، ولا بأفكار المراهقين والنسويّات
i met one on a walk once and he showed me his bookstore. we then had a very long conversation about islam and he told me about how in awe he is of tasawwuf, a certain south african tariqa he grew up with, and how i may heal myself with african herbs I LOVE SOUTH AFRICA

























