![]() The extended words hung on wet air, fusing with the enticing aromas of dinner.” Rich descriptions evoke the singular experience of being part of this accidental family: “The record player your grandfather would break out on special occasions was on the coffee table, spinning ghazals, reminding us that Urdu and Arabic sometimes sounded like cousins. Khalid excels at both the micro and macro aspects of storytelling. Youssef, Dayo and Iseul discover their father figure had a murky past. ![]() He addresses a letter to the brothers to read after he abruptly returns to his religious studies in Saudi Arabia, leaving them with little choice but to follow. Youssef only finds glimpses of truth by snooping: following Salim one night and discovering his lover, Adam breaking into Salim’s office and finding photos of his mother and father.Īs Salim unravels, so does the story of his past, including his connection with the boys’ parents. But the distance he created between him and his sons - through silence and withholding physical affection - means there’s no hope of Youssef understanding what’s happening to Salim. ![]() As the boys leave for college, Salim appears to be aging at an accelerated pace - losing weight, patches of hair and, most alarmingly, his memory. ![]()
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