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طَبَق root: ط-ب-ق / noun / plural: أَطباق / definition: dish Hearing about the sudden passing of the Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa a few weeks ago, I was overcome by an unexpected grief. I was still, at the time, partway through reading his novel, لا سكاكين في مطابخ هذه المدينة. I guess you feel aContinue reading “Reading Arabic Literature: يالنجي and يبرق”