Their strange, folk-informed narratives of love, loss and longing has been united those who have ever been afflicted by one of nature most cruelly divine forces, Love.

BBC: BBC Introducing : The Ambassadors of Sorrow

This beautifully written book is powerfully evocative of the human cost of war and the longing for love that, despite the shooting and shelling, never fades.

ECONOMIST: New Arab fiction

Instead of covering things like "heartache and pain and love, " the lyrics cover things like guilt, longing, insecurity, self-discovery, and fear.

NPR: The High Strung: 'Real Stone'