A Pure Heart | Rajia Hassib

Seen Jeem

English - March 15, 2022 04:09 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
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In this week's episode of the Seen Jeem podcast, Rajia Hassib discusses her second novel A Pure Heart. She explains her process of dramatizing the Arab Spring, contemporary Egyptian society, sisterhood, religion and secularism, the pursuit of purity, immigration, the importance of historical artifacts, and finding a sense of home in a foreign place. To watch recordings of Rajia's reading, visit https://seenjeempodcast.org/episodes/episode-14-rajia-hassib

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