There a lot of feelings I have for Habibi, and despite its strongly graphic topic, I find it to be a tender story. But the strongest part of the graphic novel for me was when Dodola and Zam are talking about being together, and Dodola admits she wants to bear a child with him. He then reveals that he does not want her to go through that again (relating back to her previous experience with having a child), and has prevented it from ever happening by making himself a eunuch. The idea of having such strong feelings of protection towards an individual that you deny yourself a very basic and natural human function is very powerful. I was thoroughly moved by Zam’s sacrifice. The ending, when they sacrifice they’re new life so that the slave girl for sale can live a happy life, is also heart wrenching.
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