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"My journey of a thousand miles began when I stumbled."
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Najwa Binshatwan"What you consider unreasonable, logically fallic, or absurd is our ordinary reality. . . https://www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2022/11/21/words-like-gunpowder-an-interview-with-najwa-bin-shatwan/"
Najwa Bin Shatwan is a Libyan academic and novelist, the first Libyan to ever be shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
"My journey of a thousand miles began when I stumbled."
"The instinct of fear within me is always active. It is almost a separate gland in my body, since I have always lived in fear. I am even afraid when crossing a one-way street. https://arabicfiction.org/en/node/2166"
"Creativity is what generally propels me to write. https://www.abouther.com/node/2366/people/leading-ladies/interview-acclaimed-author-najwa-binshatwan"
"The type of writing that touches open wounds is not welcome; people prefer to proceed with their lives in denial"
"It was like the effect of the light of the moon on water, and perfume on the air, and a lavender field on the wind."
"I wanted to create joy from pain and vice versa, and I think I succeeded."