Come along my frantic attempt to read as many books as possible before I die. Every Tuesday I review a book I’ve read, and every now and again I have a special guest on for an extended episode where we talk all things books and life.
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For many years, Matthew Knott worked as a private tutor for extremely wealthy and privileged children in the heart of London. In this book, he retells stories from his first three years in this unusual industry.
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7 Aug 2025
Week 59: One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad's book is an urgent and necessary reckoning about what it means to live in the West today. As an immigrant, Omar believed his whole life that the West offered freedom and justice for all. But now, watching the unmitigated slaughter in Gaza, he comes to the conclusion that much of what the West promises is a lie.
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Mohammed El-Kurd Addresses the UN:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xuan2uAQg0
Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, This Is Not a Humanising Poem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESdDPcKH_KA
Zeyne - 7arrir 3aqlak/Asli Ana:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhH6CON3SD8
6 Aug 2025
Week 58: The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood's iconic novel is set in a dystopian future where world-wide environmental collapse & disease have caused a widespread infertility crisis. This gives rise to a radical fundamentalist group called The Sons of Jacob who stage a coup against the United States government and replace it with the Republic of Gilead. The new regime forces the few fertile women into reproductive servitude as handmaids. The novel is narrated in the first person by a handmaid referred to as Offred.
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Mentioned book:
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Mentioned podcast episode from week 5 (The Red Tent):
https://salmaintb.podbean.com/e/week-5-the-red-tent/
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