Ladislara
A blog as diverse as my life has been
Tag: Middle East
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The World’s Oldest Story is a Tale About Male Friendship [Book Review]
How the Epic of Gilgamesh surprised me with its emotional depth, queer-coded friendship, and echoes of modern myth
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Book Review: Salt Houses – a Story About Palestinian Diaspora
A beautiful novel that tells the intergenerational saga of a Palestinian family in search of belonging.
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Favourite Books (Read the World Challenge)
I decided to set myself on a (life long) quest to read one book from each country of the world.
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Thoughts on the Israel-Palestine online debate
I’ve been sharing some different perspectives about Israel and Palestine on my Instagram. For instance, when I pointed out that people are leaving harsh comments on posts that condemn anti-Semitic hate crimes. Or when I said we should be extra careful when…
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Book Review: Sapiens & the Imaginary Orders
A brief history of humankind and how humans were only able to create a technologically advanced society because of our collective imagination.
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