Syrians and Iraq refugees arriving at Skala Sykamias Lesvos, Greece

War Has a Life of its Own: A Review of Nouri Al-Jarrah’s A Boat to Lesbos

As time passed and the war in Syria and Iraq continued, I entered its life. I call it ‘life’ because war really does have a life of its own. It is a parallel universe where what goes on has little to do with the minutiae of peace. I wanted to write about this and I did.

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As time passed and the war in Syria and Iraq continued, I entered its life. I call it ‘life’ because war really does have a life of its own. It is a parallel universe where what goes on has little to do with the minutiae of peace. I wanted to write about this and I did.