The Republic of False Truths Being present and healing from

Being present and healing from the past

Aisha’s overwhelming sense of guilt haunts her

a young girl faces danger closer to home and chilling memories that last a lifetime

Electric Literature

for Heaven and Diamond and the countless other young Black women for whom she cared

The Republic of False Truths Being present and healing fromA "glorious, humane novel" (The Observer)about the Egyptian revolution, taking us inside the battle raging between those in power and those prepared to lay down their lives in the defense of freedomthis globally acclaimed narrative from one of the foremost writers in the Arab world is still banned across much of the region. Cairo, 2011. After decades under a repressive regime, tensions are rising in the city streets. No one is out of reach of the