On this journey: - When do you open the gates to your mind space? - Hey true love, what's the weather like up on your pedestal? - Where have we anchored our principles in our search for change?

Book in focus: Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanae.

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On this journey: - Don't be a know-all, - Reliable writers, - Running away from angry Bedouins.

Books in focus: Notes on the Flesh by Shahd Al-Shammari (Kuwait) and Banipal 47: Fiction from Kuwait.

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On this journey:

- Should a book be a mirror? Do we need representation in our reading? - Does it matter if I know about a writer's background before I read their books? - Social media sound bites from the first president of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Books in focus: George Seferis: Collected Poems (Greece) and Izetbegovic of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Notes from Prison (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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On this journey:

- How we process what we read, - Never judge a book by its blurb, - Our country is our parents?

Book in focus: Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak (Turkey)

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On this journey:

- A couple of stories on writing dedication

- A bit of a rant, but I kept it short!

- Exploring love and the homeland.

Book in focus: The Bridges of Constantine by Ahlem Mostaghanemi (Algeria)

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On this journey: - What's the Book Nomad all about? - You didn't study this WWII history at school. - Is the Somali network real?

Book in focus: Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed (Somalia)

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