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mysticmiav · 3 months

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People lived because she killed🏹

People died because he lived🗡

I've been rereading We Hunt The Flame by Hafsah Faizal and loving it all over again, all while eyeing We Free The Stars on my shelf.

We Hunt The Flame was and is still an especially lovely world to me because of characters and culture embedded in it. It's so refreshing to see the many foods, dishes and even myths that I recognised in the book, let alone see arabic words and names! Gonna be reading the sequel next and am sooo excited🖤✨️

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daggersbehindmysmile · 7 months

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When you only read fantasy books but your book friends start to talk about non - fantasy novels

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maidaaart · 11 months

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Zafira bint Iskander

'She was no hunter but a huntress, a girl of seventeen concealed beneath the weight of her father’s hooded cloak every time she hunted.'

We Hunt the Flame, Hafsah Faizal

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the-narnian-sea · 1 year

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If you want me obedient, prince, kill me and carry my corpse.

— Zafira bint Iskandar

We Hunt The Flame by Hafsah Faizal {@hafsahfaizal}

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marvelwasmadeforthebis · 2 years

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my type is ‘could kill me and actually might’

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luce1ence · 1 year

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I could talk about them forever 🥹

#zafiranasir #we hunt the flame #we free the stars #sands of arawiya #hafsah faizal #nasir ghameq #zafira bint iskander

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moondust-on-the-hijabi · 2 months

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sobbing

#i love this book #moonhalo talks books —✧#sands of arawiya #we hunt the flame #we free the stars #zafira bint iskandar #nasir ghameq #hafsah faizal

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sands-of-arawiya · 2 years

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Kifah: jellyfish have survived 600,000 years without brains.

Nasir: a ray of hope for Altair.

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iftheworldfallstopieces · 2 months

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‘I am falling in love with you, and I don’t know how to stop.’

- We free the stars, Hafsah Faizal

#words #quotes #book quotes #books #hafsah faizal #we free the stars #nasir ghameq

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c-oldasice · 9 months

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“Remember who trained you, hashashin. Do not sour her image."

#books #bookblr #bookworm #was it his mother???#we hunt the flame #nasir ghameq #hashashin #hafsah faizal #booklr #book quotes #book quotations #book photography

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manikas-whims · 2 years

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an old doodle of my fav 3 YA fantasy girls—

Inej Ghafa, Jude Duarte, Zafira bint Iskandar

i've been trying to learn digital art by re-coloring my silly, old doodles n art 😆

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zumra-social-media-posts · 3 months

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Twitter posts from the Zumra:

#we hunt the flame #we free the stars #hafsah faizal #nasir ghameq #zafira bint iskandar #zafira iskandar #lana bint iskandar #lana iskandar #altair al-badawi #yasmin raad #the lion #sands of arawiya

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sunflowers-and-starry-skies · 1 year

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Headcanons about what the Zumra gets up to after ‘We Free the Stars’ because I miss them

Spoilers for the books ahead

Zafira and Nasir are being badass Caliphs of Sarasin but of course find time for themselves. This includes climbing across the rooftops of Sarasin, as well as the ice cream date Nasir said he wanted to do.

They also do combat training together. Nasir set up an an archery range for Zafira and she helps him improve his technique. In turn, Nasir helps Zafira with sword-fighting and this results in a rematch of their sparring session on Sharr (this may or may not end up with Zafira on top of Nasir again and may or may involve a kiss or two).

Meanwhile in Sultan’s Keep, Altair and Kifah have foodie nights on a regular basis. Sometimes Kifah cooks and other times they go out to the market and buy plenty of food to share with each other.

Kifah practises her miragi powers with Anadil, and regularly pranks Altair with her illusions.

When all of the Zumra meet up together, Kifah always prepares snacks and takes time to learn each person’s favourite foods. Altair is a fan of bold flavours; Zafira still doesn’t like garlic but is very open to trying new things (such as the spice ras el-hanout which Kifah introduced her to).

During one of these meetings, Altair reminisces over a girl he once saw during the final battle against the Lion - a girl with brilliant hair and a blue shawl. Zafira recognises that he’s unkowingly talking about Yasmine and silently panics whilst Kifah is smirking the whole time.

Lana and Yasmine visit Zafira in Sarasin when they’re able to. Lana excitedly tells Zafira about the cool medical cases she gets to see as a healer, and Zafira brings some fabulous dresses for Yasmine. Nasir learns that Lana enjoys reading adventure stories and brings some books for her.

Just about everyone is aware that Nasir is absolutely smitten for Zafira, just based on the way he looks at her and talks about her. He doesn’t mind though.

#I hope we get more zumra content at some point #these headcanons also serve as good promps for fanfic #we hunt the flame #we free the stars #sands of arawiya #zafira iskandar #nasir ghameq #altair al badawi #kifah darwish

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maidaaart · 7 months

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The Zumra

We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

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iriswords · 2 years

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Scattered thoughts - Nasir Ghameq

Or why Nasir Ghameq is such a good character instead of a cliché brooding bad boy

spoilers for the Sands of Arawyia saga below the cut

At first glance, Nasir Ghameq very much looks like the typical brooding bad boy who will end up with the good girl (here, Zafira, who doesn’t fit the cliché of the good girl either, for that matter). He is slightly arrogant, unpleasant, doesn’t talk unless it’s to be mean, glowers a lot, and so forth Yes, this is all true, and it is also true that deep down he isn’t all that bad and that he’s just very sad, like the typical brooding bad boy. But the difference between the cliché bad boys and Nasir is the abuse storyline. Cliché bad boys may be assholes because they are angry at the world, because their family died, or maybe even because their family abuses them. But in those stories, the reason is always an excuse for their behavior, whereas for Nasir it is merely an explanation. Nasir does use his arrogant and unapproachable facade as a way to ward off people and not get hurt again, like all cliché bad boys. And while it is part coping mechanism (and though not healthy, an efficient and well-spread one, I would know), it is also part conditioning. We know Nasir has been physically and emotionally abused for years. His own father (at the hands of the Lion, but it doesn’t change it still looked like him) burned him 48 times with a poker as a tally for killing. His own father humiliated him each time he deemed Nasir not tough enough. He used his emotions and love against him. He insulted Nasir, dehumanized him by comparing him to a dog, ripped off the tongue of the girl he loved. This is not something one comes out unscathed of. Nasir not only has the physical scars to prove it but also the emotional ones, and it is very well-handed in the book. We see him hesitate before speaking because he was belittled every time he tried to give his opinion. He has learned that his thoughts don’t matter, that he is nothing more than a lapdog for the Sultan, that love will be punished and thus brings pain. All that he does, he does so he won’t get hurt and in the hopes of gaining his father’s love. It doesn’t excuse it, but it explains it. Nasir is not a brooding bad boy who’s an asshole because he can and uses the excuse that he’s sad to wash himself of all accountability. Nasir is an abused boy who craves the love and approval of his only surviving parent, who does what he does so he won’t get hurt even more, and who hates himself for it all the while. He is such a good character because his morality and mentality are well-explained, and he tries to atone for what he did, but we as readers also understand why he acted like he did, and understand him. He is a complex character, with complex motives and, to be honest, is not that much of an asshole anyway. Unlike brooding bad boys, he atones for what he did, doesn’t treat the girl like she belongs to him or like she owes him to be with him (on the contrary, he doubts himself even when Zafira’s desire is clear), and comes out of his shell with everyone, not just with the girl in an attempt to win her. We get to witness a true and interesting evolution instead of a fake, badly constructed and unbelievable one, and this is part of why I love the Sands of Arawyia so much.

#sands of arawiya #nasir ghameq #hafsah faizal #scattered thoughts #spoilers #we hunt the flame #we free the stars

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marvelwasmadeforthebis · 2 years

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feeling cute might romanticize a murderer

#aaron warner #shatter me #tom riddle #queen katharine #jude duarte #loki #mattheo riddle #jason todd #harley quinn #the prince of hearts #nasir ghameq

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