We can imagine another Middle East, one in which Gaza will be known for its world-class beaches, Tel Aviv for its great bookshops, Riyadh for its tantalizing dining options, and Tehran for its...
I will always remember the morning of Saturday October 7 and how terrible it was. I had gotten up early to start my weekend. The plan was to plant some dill in our balcony garden and start reading What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez, the debut novel of the Puerto Rican writer Claire Jiménez. But then I checked the news and was filled with immediate horror: Hamas had attacked Israel. Hundreds were killed, hundreds were missing,and hundreds were taken hostage.Based in the U.S.
But we never allowed ourselves to be defined by this misery. With our daily lives, we embodied a different Middle East. We spent our time with movies, theater, poetry, and wine. Our war was the one waged between partisans of Haruki Murakami and Kazuo Ishiguro, or in debates over whether Billy Wilder films were art; whether Jean-Luc Godard's cinema was the height of art or pretentious garbage and whether Nazzar Qabbani's poetry was cheesy.
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