A review by capy
Sixteen Wounded by Eliam Kraiem

dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.25

Do not pretend that talking about our feelings is going to change anything. It will not. It will not give my brother a real school to go to, or put shoes on his feet. It will not bring a doctor to my mother or free my friends from the jails they rot in.

wow, one of the most emotionally charged plays i've ever had the honor to read. kraiem's writing handles complex personalities and relationships with intelligence and nuance; it doesn't expose anything groundbreaking to an audience contextualized in global conflicts, but it shines a light on day-to-day living as a refugee with deep sensitivity
unfortunately, the ending was disappointing for me, as well as the same-old underwhelming aspect of "female characters that exist to serve the male ones" but otherwise, a really solid read

It's very late. At this hour, problems always seem huge and unsolvable but, in the daylight, things will seem better.