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The Map of Love
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Sharif Pasha has just died. A century ago. I met him a week ago and awfully grieved over his already-known death just like his family and close friends did. Anna's screams pierced into my heart and for the last moment I clutched to that faint hope that he might live a bit longer.
British Empire, Egypt, Ireland, Ottoman caliphate, Palestine, Israeli Empire, Colonialism, Art, Education, Post-colonialism, Reformation, Revolution, Language, Past, Culture, Present, and the three tapestries are all beautifully weaved into this rich masterpiece by stitches of great love.
I am not the same Hanan I was a week ago before I read this passionate account of love and history.
Absolute 5 stars.
British Empire, Egypt, Ireland, Ottoman caliphate, Palestine, Israeli Empire, Colonialism, Art, Education, Post-colonialism, Reformation, Revolution, Language, Past, Culture, Present, and the three tapestries are all beautifully weaved into this rich masterpiece by stitches of great love.
I am not the same Hanan I was a week ago before I read this passionate account of love and history.
Absolute 5 stars.
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Quotes Hanan Liked
“and the thought of relieving my mourning, even slightly, for a moment filled me with a kind of fear.”
― The Map of Love
― The Map of Love
“So at the heart of all things is the germ of their overthrow; the closer you are to the heart, the closer to the reversal. Nowhere to go but down. You reach the core and then you're blown away--”
― The Map of Love
― The Map of Love
“But things move on and by the time you've plotted your position the world around you has changed and you are running -panting- to catch up.”
― The Map of Love
― The Map of Love
“If people can write to each other across space, why can they not write across time too?”
― The Map of Love
― The Map of Love
“There have been those among us who have been so dazzled by the might and technological wizardy of Europe that they have been rather a man who stands lost in admiration at the gun that is raised to shoot him.”
― The Map of Love
― The Map of Love
Reading Progress
May 3, 2012
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Started Reading
May 3, 2012
– Shelved
June 2, 2012
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8.51%
"-- and the thought of relieving my mourning, even slightly, for a moment filled me with a kind of fear-"
page
45
June 4, 2012
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49.53%
"at this point the novel is reduced into Anne's letters and Amal's comments on them. her inquiries are so paralyzing so my imagination!! she doesn't know how to respect her readers' intelligence."
page
262
June 4, 2012
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49.53%
"novel is reduced into Anne's letters and Amal's comments on them. her inquiries are so paralyzing my imagination!! she doesn't know how to respect her readers' intelligence. ("
page
262
June 5, 2012
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54.25%
"ok? as if i needed more reasons to fall in love with Egypt? I'm passionate about it and her people now."
page
287
June 8, 2012
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Finished Reading
