Man... this was so good. The Night Diary is easily one of the best assigned readings I've had in my entire grad degree program, and I'm so glad it was in my curriculum because I'm not sure how quickly I'd have picked it up otherwise. This story broke my heart over and over. This little book really deserves a full review, but sadly, I didn't write it as soon as I finished reading it, and I don't feel like I can do it justice this many months after the fact — and since it pained me a little too much to commit to rereading it, I'll just say you should 100% check it out, look at some other (more thorough, and preferably own-voices!) reviews, and I absolutely recommend the audiobook if you can read it that way!

"If you were alive, would we have to leave you because you are Muslim? Would they have drawn a line right through us, Mama?"