\t\t\t<p>Yasmine enters Lebanon escaping a messy divorce and seeking the family, culture, and connection that her Palestinian mother hid during their life in Toronto. It\u2019s 2006, and she\u2019s meeting her cousin Reem for the first time after connecting over social media. Reem teaches Arabic and lives in a refugee camp with her mother and sister. Her brother Ahmed lived there too until he went to Syria for work and then disappeared. When Yasmine receives a package of mysterious letters suggesting her father might still be alive, the cousins embark on a discovery of political secrets no one in the family wants them to know.\u00a0<\/p>
\n\t\t\t<p>Complicating her questions about identity, belonging, and healing even further, Yasmine runs into Ziyad \u2014 an old flame who\u2019s incidentally taking Reem\u2019s class. Though the cousins’ lives could not be more different, Yasmine and Reem must learn from each other as they navigate abusive relationships, grief, displacement, and war.<\/p>
\n\t\t\t<p>Set amid the arid glamour of Lebanon\u2019s beaches and urban landscapes,\u00a0<em>Where the Jasmine Blooms<\/em>\u00a0is at once a political historical thriller and a Muslim feminist love story. Turn-of-the-century Arab politics feature prominently, echoing loudly even twenty years later.\u00a0<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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