Tashari, the title of the novel in Arabic, is an Iraqi word for a shot from a hunting rifle, which scatters creatures in all directions. The word tashari expresses the scattering of Iraqis as a people across the globe and the separation from home and loved ones that pursues them. The Dispersal, follows the career of Wardiyah Iskander, a physician working in the Iraq countryside in the 1950s. Delivering babies and tending to the many health needs of her rural women patients, she struggles to improve care for them. But as the years pass, the upheavals the country faces continue to worsen. Her family, like many others, is pressed to leave. Wardiyah finally goes, arriving in France. There her poet niece helps her now elderly aunt to get settled and, reflecting on their familys dispersal, to tell her story. Wardiyah develops a bond with her nieces son Iskander, who has grown up in France alienated from his extended family, his language, and his culture. As he gets to know his greataunt, the doctor, he learns more about his peoples calamities and extraordinary heritage. He is inspired to construct a virtual graveyard online, a digital resting place where families can be reunited again. Inaam Kachachis unhurried, spontaneous reflection on the closest ties of family evokes quiet power and beauty, relayed by the warmth of Inam Jabers translation. Throughout it, Doctor Wardiyahs journey conveys her dedication to the healing properties of trust and belonging, treasures lost whenever...

Binding: Paperback;256 pages; Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group, Inc; Classification: FYT; Weight: 410 g; Dimensions: 133 x 203 x 23

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