‘A Map of Home’ was the first novel I read entirely in English. The book had been suggested by the SUGxPalestine Book Club, as its author - Randa Jarrar - is an American of Egyptian and Palestinian descent.

The reading proposal was to read the Galician translation of ‘Un mapa do lar’, but given the difficulty in finding it, I decided to read it in English.

‘A Map of Home’ is a coming-of-age story, which tells the story of Nidali in Kuwait, Egypt and the United States.

Set during the 1990 invasion of Kuwait and with the Arab-Israeli conflict as a backdrop, the novel explores the problems of Nidali and her family, alluding to the question of what ‘home’ means and the character's identity.