Author(s): Najwa Bin Shatwan

Young Adult | New Arrivals

Najwa Binshatwan digs deep into a subject and then succeeds in turning it into a new subject. Following her novels, “The Horses' Hair” and “The Slave Pens”, in “Roma Termini” novel she takes us to Italy to meet Natasha, the immigrant who works in the house of three old Italian women. The latter three live comfortably with access to all luxuries that come with wealth and capitalism. The old ladies bully everyone around them including their own children let alone Natasha.   "Italy can't handle you immigrants, you come from everywhere and take jobs from our youth", one of the older ladies snaps at Natasha... This is a novel about the immigrants' lives daily compromises and being the victims of the blame, but not for what they committed, but merely for their identity and who they are.  Immigration is a very long journey which does not end but only just beginning upon one's arrival to a foreign country...