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The Sweaty Generalist's avatar

Heart wrenching and beautiful. You have a lovely spirit.

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shima abdelfatah's avatar

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it:)

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dmm's avatar

Well done! I enjoyed it a lot. Just a gentle correction: it’s ‘lightning’, not ‘lightening’, unless it’s a dialectical variation that I don’t know about.

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shima abdelfatah's avatar

Noted! Thank you for that:)

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Dalia Elamin's avatar

This was an absolute joy to read!! It unravels the reality of displacement with all its shades of pain and adaptation in such a witty way. Loved it!

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shima abdelfatah's avatar

Thank you for your lovely words Dalia!

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Guy's avatar

Excellent! Thank you! You get a sense of your life and the situation that is not possible to get from a normal piece of journalism, however good.

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Reem Osama's avatar

I laughed, I cried, I never enjoyed a newsletter more.

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shima abdelfatah's avatar

Thank you Reem for your much appreciated words!<3

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Rawan's avatar

I want a full book !!

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shima abdelfatah's avatar

فترقبوه.

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Baraa's avatar

If you wrote a novel I’ll be the first one to buy it

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shima abdelfatah's avatar

On my way to writing a novel.

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Anne's avatar

Most entertaining 10 mins of my life

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shima abdelfatah's avatar

Baby gurrrrl <3

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