Excerpts from “Don’t Say My Son Is Walking in Heaven” – Islam Nawwar, trans. Phoebe Bay Carter
1 I was in my bedroom when I heard the muezzin call: “Praaaaaayer is better than sleep / praaaaayer ...
1 I was in my bedroom when I heard the muezzin call: “Praaaaaayer is better than sleep / praaaaayer ...
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