{"id":14368,"date":"2022-10-10T10:57:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T16:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=14368"},"modified":"2022-10-10T10:57:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T16:57:40","slug":"nad-of-nadide-by-wagih-abu-rish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=14368","title":{"rendered":"Nad of Nadide by Wagih Abu-rish"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Beautifully written and richly evocative\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the shadow of danger and oppression, a young couple struggle to stay together in Abu-rish\u2019s engrossing tale. After his love affair with the stunning Dania takes a nasty turn, handsome and smart Fareed Shaheen gets himself transferred from the AUB to finish his engineering degree at Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University in Istanbul. When his path crosses with the lovely Nad, he finds himself falling in love once again. But Nad\u2019s father, General Ali Hikmet, is an intimidating man who has no intention to let his daughter marry a man of mixed origin. Will the lovers find a way to unite? This is an engrossing drama, starting with Fareed\u2019s navigation of his love life and his studies, continuing through his struggle as he tries to find a balance between his longing for Dania and his mother\u2019s disapproval, his relocation to Istanbul, Nad\u2019s entry, and the couple\u2019s emotional maelstrom. The characters are wonderfully relatable, and watching them navigate the difficulties of their troubled lives is enthralling. Nad has a vibrating presence. She\u2019s not perfect: she\u2019s gentle and sensitive, and yet a full-throated, flesh-and-blood woman who redefines independence and her own self while embracing her Muslim heritage. Fareed, with his sensitivity and passion, comes alive on the pages. Abu-rish deftly peels away the layers of Fareed\u2019s life, revealing how hard it has been for him to be in Nad\u2019s company and worry about getting his heart broken once again. Opinionated and fiercely determined, Fiona, though doesn\u2019t get much space in the story, makes her presence known anyways. Fareed and Nad\u2019s relationship unfold slowly, and the short notes they exchange in the beginning are pivotal to their connection. Abu-rish\u2019s worldbuilding is authentic: he precisely captures the rhythms, manners, and sensibilities of Turkish culture, bringing it to life. Plotwise, the core story is pretty straightforward: the novel tracks Fareed and Nad\u2019s love story. But the character\u2019s interpersonal dynamic is a critical part of this novel, giving depth and a much-needed sense of surprise to the story. The third-person omniscient voice adds tension to the poignant narrative that touches on race and class disparity and how the patriarchy shapes women’s lives in certain cultures. At the same time, Abu-rish writes about the intricacies of love and relationships, friendship, individual angst, courage, determination, free will, resilience, personal dreams, sacrifice, and faith. Beautifully written and carefully crafted, this poignant meditation on love and desire makes for a winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nad of Nadide<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wagih Abu-rish<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beautifully written and richly evocative\u2026 In the shadow of danger and oppression, a young couple struggle to stay together in Abu-rish\u2019s engrossing tale. After his love affair with the stunning Dania takes a nasty turn, handsome and smart Fareed Shaheen gets himself transferred from the AUB to finish his engineering degree at Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University in Istanbul. When his path crosses with the lovely Nad, he finds himself falling in love once again. But Nad\u2019s father, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":14369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[7223,91,3328,178,1747,1136176,1473,1008073,856121,309,8154,349],"class_list":["post-14368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-author","tag-blogging","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-fiction","tag-indie-books","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-romance","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-3JK","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-09-10.25.03-PM.png?fit=407%2C537&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14368"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14374,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14368\/revisions\/14374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}