Recommendation: By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah

Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2021. I read By the Sea. Here are a few thoughts:

I had never heard of Abdulrazak Gurnah before his being awarded The Nobel Prize for #literature. Just finished "By the Sea." It's really a beautiful book. https://t.co/okiPcYuqaB

— Ayman Hossam Fadel (@aymanfadel) December 11, 2021

Abdulrazak Gurnah "By the Sea," p 76 pic.twitter.com/DmZe2ovbtM

— Ayman Hossam Fadel (@aymanfadel) December 9, 2021

"It was a staggering thought, how little it had been possible to know and remain contented."

--Latif, internal dialogue
From Abdulrazak Gurnah, "By the Sea," p 122

— Ayman Hossam Fadel (@aymanfadel) December 9, 2021

From "By the Sea," by Abdulrazak Gurnah, p. 223 #literature #colonialism #Africa #Tanzania #Mombasa pic.twitter.com/E529Q0cE1q

— Ayman Hossam Fadel (@aymanfadel) December 11, 2021

Recommendation: Empire's Workshop Latin America the United States and the Making of an Imperial Republic by Greg Grandin

Greg Grandin's thesis in Empire's Workshop Latin America the United States and the Making of an Imperial Republic is that the USA "workshopped" & tested its ideas on how to manage its global empire in its dealings with other peoples in the Americas.

#FirstNations in its creation of a 2-ocean coast #WhiteSupremacy state to its commercial gangsterism in #Mexico, the #Caribbean & Central & South America. https://t.co/X41jpXjV2H

— Ayman Hossam Fadel (@aymanfadel) December 25, 2021

I created a Twitter moment with more quotes and thoughts!