The Metamorphosis – Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis begins with a man waking to find himself transformed into an insect, but its real subject is what follows: isolation, rejection and the collapse of family love when a person…
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The Last Girl by Nadia Murad
In this personal review of Nadia Murad’s The Last Girl, Jumana Omar reflects on the memoir as both the testimony of one survivor and the story of a people subjected to genocide.…
Young Lions of the Caliphate Documents Ezidi Child Soldiers but Fails on Ezidi Identity
One week before the annual commemoration of the Ezidi Genocide, Young Lions of the Caliphate: A Stolen Childhood documents how ISIS abducted, forcibly converted and militarised Ezidi boys. Yet its value is…
Notes from Underground – Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground remains one of literature's most profound psychological novels. Exploring free will, self-awareness, alienation and the darker side of human nature, the book continues to challenge readers with…
Book Review: The Kite Runner — A Story That Stays With You
A moving review of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, exploring friendship, betrayal, guilt, loyalty, and the possibility of becoming a better person after painful mistakes.
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom – Book Review
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom is a heartfelt exploration of life, love, and death, based on the author’s real relationship with his college professor, Morrie Schwartz. Through weekly Tuesday meetings, Morrie…
The Midnight Library
In the Midnight Library, Nora Seed explores the lives she might have lived, only to discover that happiness isn’t found in perfection—it’s found in the choices we make today.
Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale
In The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood imagines a society where women are stripped of rights and autonomy—a fiction that echoes the real suffering of many Ezidi women. Forced to lose their identities,…