Home is Elsewhere: On the Fictions of Return Feeling that her childhood home differed from her birthplace, writer Mai Al-Nakib perceives home as more imaginary than real.

🏡 [TMR 50 • RETURNING HOME]

What does it mean to return home—if home was always elsewhere? In our 50th issue, Mai Al-Nakib reflects on exile, memory & fiction as return.

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Really loved this one too. Trying to decide between #imaginaryhomelands #harounandtheseaofstories and #shame as my faves alongside #midnightschildren. Remember getting my first library card and seeing @SalmanRushdie bks w thrill of recognition +...