en-US Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:57:19 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Comment289113622 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:57:19 -0700 /topic/show/22996070-jan-mar-granada-by-radwa-ashour Melanie made a comment in the Middle East/North African Lit group:

Thanks, Vinny. I also feel that providing the whole trilogy together seems like a privilege granted to English-language readers, one that has been withheld for a long time. In a sense, it also does more justice to the original trilogy, providing it in the same form (a trilogy, not just the first part). The first part is also my favorite, and yet providing all three parts together seems a more accurate rendering.

It is both helpful and disturbing to find the same patterns and themes present today. ]]> Comment287421456 Fri, 21 Feb 2025 04:48:29 -0800 /topic/show/22929885-oct--dec-the-djinn-s-apple-group-read Melanie made a comment in the Middle East/North African Lit group:

Glad you liked it Jalilah! Maybe the other book will be translated someday. There were times when it seemed unlikely that Radwa Ashour’s trilogy would ever be all translated, but it can happen! ]]> Comment286318734 Mon, 27 Jan 2025 12:58:20 -0800 /topic/show/23019745-2025-challenge-progress Melanie made a comment in the Middle East/North African Lit group:

My Placeholder
1. a book, fiction or non-fiction book about the Palestine conflict.
أقل من عدو أكثر من صديق: السيرة الطائرة
2. a book, fiction or non-fiction based on or about MENA history
ثلاثية غرناطة - done
3. a book, fiction or non-fiction about "Empowering women
محطات الرحيل
4. a book, fiction or non fiction. written by an author from Iraq
5. book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from Al Sham (Lebanon, Jordan, Syria)
خبزنا اليومي
6.A book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from The Arabian Peninsula - ( Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia , the United Arab Emirates )
بساتين عربستان
تجاوز - done
7. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from The Maghreb ( North Africa) - ( Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya,Mauritania
8. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by an author from Egypt
الشتاء الأسود
9. a book, fiction or non-fiction, by a Turkish author
Farewell by Ayse Kulin
10. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an Iranian author
11. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an author from Sudan and the Horn of Africa (Somalia , Djibouti and Eritrea)
12. a book, fiction or non-fiction by an author from the "Stan" countries or Central Asia ( Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan) and Afghanistan or Pakistan. ]]> Comment286215180 Sat, 25 Jan 2025 09:08:03 -0800 /topic/show/22933487-2025-brainstorming Melanie made a comment in the Middle East/North African Lit group:

Thanks Jalilah for the update. I look forward to seeing what you think about the rest of Granada. I read Time of White Horses a long time ago. I remember it as richly detailed but a bit tedious, more documentary than character-driven. I can relate to wanting more in the character department. I’m reading a memoir by Ibrahim Nasrallah, but not very far yet ]]> Comment284598670 Sun, 22 Dec 2024 14:48:24 -0800 /topic/show/1374521-what-are-you-reading-now Melanie made a comment in the Into the Forest group:

I just finished the audiobook of The Spellshop, savoring it over a long time. It was lovely - hopeful, adventurous, and fun. Before having finished it, I even got my own spider plant to have near my desk (which was fitting because the main character has a sidekick spider plant). I'm not sure we're doing the buddy read, but wanted to share here at least :) ]]> LikeOnExternalResourcePlaceholder1869632 Fri, 13 Dec 2024 04:56:17 -0800 LikeOnExternalResourcePlaceholder1869630 Fri, 13 Dec 2024 04:52:55 -0800 LikeOnExternalResourcePlaceholder1473622 Fri, 21 Jul 2023 13:24:17 -0700