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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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My favourite side-characters: Contains spoilers!

Misk. He's just... he's such a romantic. He loves his wife, and he obviously treated her right because she mourned him after he died. In fact, he died for her and paid allegiance to Nasir even though he was against Nasir and Ghameq in the beginning.

Yasmin. Misk's wife. Absolute badass, can and probably has stuck her foot up people's arses. Loves her husband, and even though a few misunderstandings occurred, she was quick to reconcile with Misk. She MADE Zafira go to Nasir and confess, even though Yasmin never quite liked the prince.

Seif. He's just relatable — if I was the tour guide for the Zumra. He played a big role, though. Also, he's like very vain and 99% done with Zafira and Kifah. Understandable though not practical.

Aya. Look, she has been through hell. Even though what she did was wrong, she still cared for Lana when Lana's mother died. Like, Aya lost her child due to Benyamin's Dum Sihr, and she still loved Benyamin. She never loved the Lion romantically. She only just saw a hope in his power. What she did was wrong, but her intentions were pure.

The Silver Witch. She makes few appearances, but God, I love her. She's an imperfect person, which isn't seen so much in literature as a "magical and powerful being" is often portrayed as "perfect." While the way she treated Altair was terrible, she still watched over him and protected him and even asked for his forgiveness. He forgave her! She must have been a good enough mother. Also, faking her death for Nasir??

Dean. He was there for like... 3 chapters. He was brother-zoned by Zafira when she was in one of her internal monologues, but he was sweet enough for her to accept his marriage proposal. He died for Zafira, and he even fought for her. Protective brother, what can I say?

#hafsah faizal #nasir ghameq #we free the stars #we hunt the flame #zafira bint iskandar #zafira iskandar #altair al badawi #benyamin haadi #kifah darwish #lana bint iskandar

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Some Insta posts...

#sources for the fanart and pic: pinterest #photos belong to the real owners #i own nothing #zafira iskandar #zafira bint iskandar #nasir ghameq #altair al badawi #benyamin haadi #benyamin #kifah darwish #seif #lana iskandar #lana bint iskandar #yasmin raad #we hunt the flame #we free the stars #hafsah faizal

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Sands of Arawiya characters as The Office GIFS..

Nasir:

Zafira:

Kifah:

Altair:

Benyamin:

Yasmine:

Lana:

(Zafira: 😦... Nasir: 😧... Yasmine: 🤭)

BONUS...

Nasir & Zafira:

Yasmine to Misk & Zafira:

Everyone to Altair:

(Ps: Altair represents all of the GIFS above. You're welcome.)

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y’all, forget found family, it’s zumra from now on

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If he doesn't call you the jewel of his soul; habibti, hayati, roohi; his fair gazelle; his sun and his moon; doesn't cry because his heart can't contain it; and doesn't think his soul was freed when it met yours-

Is he truly, really, worth it?

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“They say the soul cannot rest until it finds its match. Then it ignites.”

- We Free the Stars

by Hafsah Faizal

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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