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(WFC) Our Cut of Salt by Deena Helm

From jdnicoll@jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) to rec.arts.sf.written on Fri Sep 11 12:05:51 2026

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Our Cut of Salt by Deena Helm

A Palestinian-American woman returns to the city from which her
grand-mother fled decades before.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/the-long-way-home
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From Don@g@crcomp.net to rec.arts.sf.written on Sat Sep 12 13:09:43 2026

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James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

Our Cut of Salt by Deena Helm

A Palestinian-American woman returns to the city from which her
grand-mother fled decades before.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/the-long-way-home

Your post stimulates my interest in this niche, James. Palestinian
Speculative Fiction at goodreads offers several suggestions:

<https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/183153.Palestinian_Speculative_Fiction>

Sonia Nimr may be the pick of the litter. Beings she shouts out Fork You
to Jew Supremacy by listing her birthplace as: Palestinian Territory,
Occupied.
Translations of Farsi Speculative Fiction present another worthy
sub-genre:

<https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/persian-sci-fi>

Danke,

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