How far you can go in the history to understand where you come from?
This book says very far. So far that the writer ends up connecting the lineage with a historical figure which may or may not be true. But that doesn't matter if you're sincere enough in your search. So, even if we don't know if Nusayba bint Ka’ab al Khazrajia was a real person or not, her mythical stories of fighting are true or not, her life mattered in the grand scheme of things or not, she was a figure which the writer eventually connected with.
Most of the information about Nusayba bint Ka’ab al Khazrajia are not established facts. In fact all of it is deduced from different passages. And the whole narrative in the book is imagined from different perspectives. But it doesn't dilutes the overall message of the essays.
Yes, its a collection of essays or a memoir in progress but has all the nuances of human experience from separation to migration to finding your own identity and relevance in the world around you.
And a lot of food!
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