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Shahd Alshammari is a literature professor and lives with Multiple Sclerosis. She writes about illness, women's bodies, and gender. ...more

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	The Secret of 50/50 السر في 50/50 3.60 avg rating — 287 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Head Above Water: Reflections on Illness 4.43 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2022 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forget the Words by Shahd Alshammari (Goodreads Author), Ghadeer Kareemi (Translator ), Hend Hamed (Editor) 2.94 avg rating — 143 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Notes on the Flesh 4.09 avg rating — 80 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Confetti and Ashes 4.46 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Love and Loss 3.43 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ArabLit Quarterly Spring 2022 MIRRORS by Hassân Almohtasib, M Lynx Qualey (editor), Mohamed Choukri 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Upon a Life...There Was Time by Shahd Alshammari (Goodreads Author), Zart Illustrations (Illustrator) 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Literary Madness in British, Postcolonial, and Bedouin Women's Writing 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Head Above Water 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“There is something beautiful to having someone witness your life's journey. A witness to pain, a witness to pleasure.”
― Shahd Alshammari, Notes on the Flesh

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“And so it was, that their beautiful love ended up being in the realms of the unknown, thrown to the future, pending, undeveloped, and unfinished. Always on the periphery.”
― Shahd Alshammari, Notes on the Flesh

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“And, above all, do not lose hope.”
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“She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.”
― Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

tags: words

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“Crazy isn't being broken or swallowing a dark secret. It's you or me amplified. If you ever told a lie and enjoyed it. If you ever wished you could be a child forever.”
― Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

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“All I ever wanted was a world without maps.”
― Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

tags: geography

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“...the heart is an organ of fire.”
― Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

tags: truths

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“How does this happen? To fall in love and be disassembled.”
― Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient