Elkhatib Basma eBooks
eBooks di Elkhatib Basma
Could the Stars Stay Bright?. E-book. Formato EPUB Elkhatib Basma - Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press, 2023 -
We are now in the future. Machines and technology have overtaken reading, books, and imagination. Reason has been replaced by artificial intelligence, as humanity becomes more obsessed with consumption over creation. Automation has left a pale substitute of what used to be. Unique sensations of smell and sight are lost as fruits are no longer as tasty, and stars are no longer as bright. The sky is bleak from the pollution of so-called development, destroying everything good and natural.This story serves as a warning of what might happen to our future if we don’t reclaim our humanity.This is a wake-up call: we must remind ourselves of what it means to be curious again – to be human again, and restore color to our world before it is too late.
Bitter Oranges. E-book. Formato EPUB Elkhatib Basma - Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press, 2022 -
As the scents of cooking waft through her small apartment in Beirut, our heroine is confronted by memories of the past. They are as much a part of her as the jagged scar on her neck that she dutifully hides, and the invisible scars that mar her soul that she doesn’t need to. For three days, she toils. And with the familiar scents, the same as those from the village she left behind, her secrets unfold, drawing a picture of a tumultuous life lived in a small town full of contradictory feelings and conflicting ideas, amidst blood and tears. In her preparations, our heroine relives the past believing it a new start, and reconciliation with all life. But how can she reconcile with the thing she hates the most: herself?