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The Map of Salt and Stars

Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
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45 pages • 1 hour read

Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar

The Map of Salt and Stars

Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

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Discuss the symbolism and significance of maps in the novel. How does Joukhadar show that anyone can be a mapmaker?

2.

How do Nour’s memories of America impact her experience of the Syrian conflict and of being a refugee?

3.

What role do good patriarchs play in the novel? How do those patriarchs’ deaths allow the heroines to truly set upon their own course?

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