*2021 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Award for Debut Short Story Collection, Finalist. *2021 Swansea UniversityDylan Thomas Prize 2021, Longlist. *2020 Short Story Prize, Longlist. "The richly detailed short fictions in this debut from a Damascus-born scribe form an intricate, breathtaking mosaic of modern Muslim life." —Michelle Hart, The award-winning stories in Dima Alzayat’s collection, , are luminous and tender, whether dealing with a woman preforming burial rites for her brother in “Ghusl,” or the great-aunt struggling to explain cultural identity to her niece in “Once We Were Syrians.”