Leila Aboulela

She giggled because she was afraid, because he wasn’t smiling, wasn’t saying anything.

She giggled because she was afraid, because he wasn’t smiling, wasn’t saying anything.

She giggled because she was afraid, because he wasn’t smiling, wasn’t saying anything.

She plunged ahead, careless now, reckless, ‘I don’t like your long hair.’

In discriminant analysis, a linear combination of variables serves as the basis for assigning cases to groups …

To make herself pleasing to people was a skill Shadia was well-trained in. It was not difficult to please people.

People are going to burn in Hell for eating out of gold dishes; you want to sit on gold

People are going to burn in Hell for eating out of gold dishes; you want to sit on gold

Shadia, gold-coloured, not gold. It’s smart.

first thing they saw was a Scottish man from Victorian times. He sat on a chair surrounded with possessions from Africa, over-flowing trunks, an ancient map strewn on the floor of the glass cabinet.