![]() The book is the outcome of her attempt to “ document and record every moment in which I was able, against all odds, to hope for the future again.” She hopes that “ the book’s message of hope and renewal can reach the hands and hearts of other women and men who are saddled with grief or silently suffering through loss.” ![]() ![]() This writing is for posterity as much as it is for the present day.Īsmaa Hussein takes the reader back to Friday, August 16, 2013, when her husband, Amr Kassem, a young pharmacist was shot and killed at a peaceful protest in Egypt. It is rare to come across a piece of writing that is so sincere, heartfelt and spiritually uplifting from a modern writer. ‘A Temporary Gift’ is an intensely personal account of ‘love, loss and healing’ and one of the closest works one could read in the genre of a rithaa’ (elegy) in our times. ![]()
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