https://ila-us.org Islamic Literature Non-Profit Organization Sat, 31 Jan 2026 17:39:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://ila-us.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-ila-icon-32x32.jpg https://ila-us.org 32 32 https://ila-us.org/book/far-away-from-here/ https://ila-us.org/book/far-away-from-here/#respond Sat, 31 Jan 2026 17:39:40 +0000 https://ila-us.org/?post_type=book&p=1856 A quietly powerful novel that explores distance—geographical, emotional, and psychological—and the ways it shapes identity and belonging. Through intimate storytelling and sharply observed moments, the book traces characters navigating displacement, memory, and the pull between where they come from and where they find themselves. Kazi’s prose is restrained yet evocative, capturing the tensions of migration, home, and selfhood with sensitivity and depth. Far Away from Here is a thoughtful meditation on what it means to leave, to arrive, and to exist in between.

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