A review by balletbookworm
Banthology: Stories from Unwanted Nations, by Zaher Omareen, Rania Mamoun, Fereshteh Molavi, Wajdi Al-Ahdal, Sarah Cleave, Anoud, Ubah Cristina Ali Farah, Perween Richards, Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, Najwa Binshatwan

4.0

A slim and lovely collection of seven short stories from authors who claim countries caught in the “Muslim Ban” as home. The pieces range from hyper-realist to bordering on fantasy. All deal with displacement, grief, and loss. Somali-Italian author Ubah Cristina Ali Farrah’s story about a teenage refugee in Italy is heartbreaking.