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Mapping Identity: In conversation with Zeyn Joukhadar
Mike Donovan | Tuesday, February 18, 2020
There’s a map in the front of Syrian-American novelist Zeyn Joukhadar’s debut novel “The Map of Salt and Stars.” It depicts the Sahara Desert at the top of the frame (due South) and the European continent at the bottom (due North) as they sandwich a centrally located Mediterranean Sea. “People have such a visceral reaction