5/13/2023 0 Comments Alif the unseen review![]() ![]() I grew to love the characters, and Alif is one of those protagonists who doesn't come off as heroic and brilliant but instead human in his decisions, rationales and fears. ![]() Many of the characters are either unnamed or going by pseudonyms, which I found fitting Alif himself is hiding behind the first stroke of the Arabic alphabet. This is a beautiful book, rich with culture and character. Heartbroken, he retreats and creates a code that will prevent Intisar from ever being able to contact him ever again, and it is this software along with a mysterious ancient book called the Alf Yeom gifted to him by the girl that sets into motion a series of events that will change his life as well as the fate of The City. ![]() The novel begins as Intisar ignores Alif's text messages and soon he discovers that she has been engaged to a wealthy Arab - Alif, being of mixed parentage is no match for him. ![]() Their love affair is one for the shadows, meetings after dark and a self-proclaimed marriage in Alif's small duplex bedroom in the lower-class Baqara District. The Internet is where his work and life is, and it is through this medium that he meets Intisar, a wealthy and intelligent girl from the upper-class side of The City. ![]()
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