You can read an excerpt in World Literature Today.ĥ) Ali and His Russian Mother, Alexandra Chretieh, trans. This, Mandour’s third novel, is an examination of the lives of five Lebanese women and a Sri Lankan domestic worker. Mandour is often and rightly mentioned as one of the up-and-coming-est Arab women writers.
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Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox. Read a review of Sobh’s “feminist frisson.” The book also gives respectful attention to village superstitions, soap operas, and other “low” genres associated with women. Even when women protest or pick up weapons, the narrative stays focused on the circularity of relationships. The action doesn’t follow the forward-marching masculine world of politics and business. Its form- 1,001 Nights-esque, interlinked tales-is also womanish. This acclaimed novel, originally published in Arabic in 2002, doesn’t just tackle the content of Lebanese women’s lives. There is even a literary award named for Alawiyya Sobh (the “Alawiya Sobh Literary Criticism Award”), but this is the first of her works translated into English.
To get to know more about the city, read it alongside Ziauddin Sardar’s Mecca.ģ) Maryam, Keeper of Stories, by Alawiyya Sobh, trans. This book is a wicked, wild ride through a fantastical fictional Mecca. Alem’s The Dove’s Necklace has the distinction of being the only book by a woman to have won (well, co-won) the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. 2) The Dove’s Necklace, by Raja Alem, trans.
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