Translations Quotes

“That woman gave only the impression of honesty, when really everything she said was so opaque.”
― Jumaana Abdu, Translations

“To live in Aliya’s house, cook for her, share her child, and yet resist permanence, then also beg to be forced to stay. To be forced was to surrender responsibility, it was to saddle Aliyah with all the blame. If Hana wanted to leave she could have left, but for months she had remained, and now she was making Aliyah pay.”
― Jumaana Abdu, Translations