What are you reading in 2025?

In the author's note in my version, she said she was reflecting what the Yemenis would be calling Europeans.
It’s a slightly difficult needle to thread, isn’t it? I wasn’t surprised that Amina and others called him a Frank, but that he called himself that, but it was probably the best available word in Arabic.

Similarly, scimitar stuck out because I don’t parse it as “generic curved sword” but as the specific word in English.
 
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