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Keisha E. McKenzie | communication | systems | social good

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Habibi by Craig Thompson (Review)

(Warning: Spoilers) This week, I finished reading Habibi, the epic-length graphic novel by writer and artist Craig Thompson. [1] From the Divine Pen fell the first drop of ink. And from the drop, a river… When the land dried up with drought, my parents sold me into marriage. As the lead narrator Dodola explains, the Arabic word habibi […]

In foreground pink and shadow: orchid blooms; in background in bright midday light, the urban landscape of lower Manhattan and the Hudson River. The sky is very blue, with a few low-horizon white clouds.