Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Author: Adiana Shibli | AD: Dion MBD.

Begins in the summer of 1949, a year after the Nakba, which led to the displacement of over 700,000 Palestinians. While Israelis celebrate this as the War of Independence, the story depicts a brutal incident where Israeli soldiers capture and assault a young Palestinian woman before killing her and burying her in the sand. 

Years later, a woman in Ramallah becomes obsessed with this "minor detail" of history. The novel explores themes of war, violence, and memory, highlighting the Palestinian experience of dispossession and the struggle to reconstruct a narrative amid ongoing erasure.

Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

Author: Jostein Gaarder | AD: Dion MBD.

Fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find two notes in her mailbox: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" Intrigued, she begins exploring philosophical questions beyond her small Norwegian village through a correspondence course with a mysterious philosopher. However, she also receives letters addressed to another girl named Hilde. As Sophie seeks to unravel this mystery, she discovers that the truth is more complex than she anticipated.