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Subscribe to our Substack for full, linked shownotes: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/ Guest: @amalmdawad or her website If you’d like to make a donation, Amal recommends the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund or Medecins Sans Frontieres. Courting Samira, Amal Awad (2011) This is How You Get Better, Amal Awad (2015) The Things We See in the Light, Amal Awad (2021) Our conversation with Saman Shad (who released her new novel The Sex Lives of Married Women earlier this year): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/set-ups-with-saman-shad/id1703734806?i=1000651936624 https://thatromcompod.substack.com/p/episode-16-set-ups-with-saman-shad Bitter & Sweet, Amal Awad (2023) Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert (2007) Beyond Veiled Clichés: The Real Lives of Arab Women, Amal Awad Mostly Martha (2002, available to rent on Prime) No Reservations (2007, Stan) Blessed Are The Cheesemakers, Sarah-Kate Lynch (2001, Penguin) By Bread Alone, Sarah-Kate Lynch (2003, Penguin) Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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