Sahar Mustafah is the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, an inheritance she explores in her fiction. Her first novel, The Beauty of Your Face,was named a 2020 Notable Book and Editor’s Choiceby the New York Times Book Review. She writes and teaches outside of Chicago. (saharmustafah.com)
Sliman Mansour, Rituals Under Occupation / Courtesy of the Artist
Respect the gods, Achilles, and show mercy towards me.
–King Priam, Book XXIV, The Iliad
When they wheel…