Farāshāt Maryam al-Jalīlīyah

In the final volume of the Mirrors Trilogy, Basim Khandaqji brings us into the complex relationship between Or and Maryam Fatma, the woman who teaches him Arabic. As Or acquires each new word, he comes closer to an unsettling image of himself in the mirror—an identity shaped by the historical, cultural, and economic erasure of the Palestinian Other.But language can also become a form of resistance. Through Maryam’s voice, the narrative challenges Or’s version of the past and opens a space for an