Olives, cats and lentil soup – first impressions

Part 1 of 8 from the series by Christina Lopinski “Asylum or IS,” Rashid says, looking down at his hands. Olive residue sticks under his fingernails. We look down at the ground, Haruna, Cecile, and me. Straw pecks through my gym shorts, a spider climbs over my shoe. Rashid rolls a cigarette, we drink chai, […]