Full Description
Celebrate the courage and resilience of Bedouin women and girls of Palestine in this illustrated collection of 18 short stories translated from Arabic.
Glimpse vivid portraits of life on the margins of society: a world of intricate cultural taboos, the tender innocence of growing up, the heart-wrenching tragedies entwined with love.
Meet young girls exploring womanhood with endearing curiosity and a woman whose tattoo defies sexual norms. Witness the tragic fallout of a husband consumed by jealousy over his wife's teenage love and the euphoric passion of an elderly woman's love for football.
These sometimes-witty, sometimes-harrowing narratives are packed with an emotional power that lingers far beyond the last word.
Contents
Translator's Note
1. Haifa Assassinated My Braid
2. I'll Be There
3. They Fell Like Stars From the Sky
4. Pink Dress
5. Ali
6. Serpent
7. Soulless Cities
8. "All the Love I've Known"
9. Umm Kulthum's Intercessor
10. A Funny Red Rose
11. Bride
12. W - h - o - r - e
13. The Door to the Body
14. Barbed Question
15. Three Paintings
16. The Day My Donkey Died
17. God Bless Toun Field!
18. Queens of Darkness
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