The Longest Farewell Ebtisam al-Mualla this is writing of sometimes

this is writing of sometimes uncomfortable honesty

written earlier this year At the Station of a Train which Fell Off the Map

Out of other stories

from the Garden of Eden to the French Revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall

translated by Khalid al-Masri

The Longest Farewell Ebtisam al-Mualla this is writing of sometimesWhen Nulas husband James, an Irish documentary filmmaker, becomes forgetful they put it down to the stress of his work. But his behavior becomes more erratic and inexplicable, and he is eventually diagnosed as suffering from Picks Disease, an early onset and aggressive form of dementia. Suddenly their lives change from comfortable middle class creatives through inexplicable behaviour, the shock of diagnosis, coping with the ongoing illness, not coping