Mister, Mister by Guy Gunaratne

Author:Guy Gunaratne [Gunaratne, Guy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2023-10-03T00:00:00+00:00

there is hope, gathering in masses; people are rising!

we are connected; this is not your revolution!

spring; hope springs.

– The world’s a madness, cousin, Ibrahim went.

There was a giddiness about him suddenly. Fidgeting behind the wheel. He quickly glanced behind us at the sleeping Zenab.

– You’re too restless, you know. Shouldn’t worry about Zenab. The boy’s just eager. Says he wants to make a documentary about you – about Al-Bayn. Has he asked?…I told him unlikely. All these younger lot, all they want to do is be the next – some are not bad, actually, the poets – all these next-next Al-Bayns.

Ibrahim scanned the side mirrors and turned into another lane.

– And there’s the other project. I can tell you a bit about it if you want – about Hamburg. Yasir and I spoke. Last week. Yasir wants you to come in, cousin, meet people, wants you to talk to people there. They’re serious there. The path out from places like Belgium, Germany is all set…

I was listening to the radio, Mister, trying to ignore him. The news was Iraq again. Some border town had been sacked by a new militia. The newsreader’s voice came low as I listened, shifting in my seat, making a few scratchings on my pages, facing away from Ibrahim and toward the window.

– Cousin – is there something I’ve done to upset you?

how long will they stay?; forever – and who’s we?

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