In the name of God, they stole her time and her freedom, putting shackles on her heart. They preached about God's kindness, but preached twice as much about his wrath and intolerance.

“Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.”

“أصابع البنت الغارقة تبحث عن حجر المدخل،والمزيد.ترفع طرف ثوبها اللازوردي، عيناها…”

“Whenever I got home late, I'd always go to my son's room first, to see his slee…”

“She and I would trade books, talk endlessly, drink cheap whiskey, engage in unr…”