Recommended Books by Arab Women
January 28, 2017 8:03 PM Subscribe
100 Recommended Books by Arab Women for Your 2017 Reading Resolutions, an annotated list by M. Lynx Qualey, founder of ArabLit.org: "These recommendations are based on a personal reading of Arab and Arabic literature, so there are inevitable gaps ... A more comprehensive author listing can be found at [Nahla Hanno's] website Arab Women Writers," which offers a must read list too.
The two recommendation lists intersect on 22 titles:
The two recommendation lists intersect on 22 titles:
- Etel Adnan, Sitt Marie Rose
- Leila Ahmed, A Border Passage: From Cairo to America – A Woman's Journey
- Suad Amiry, Nothing to Lose But Your Life: An 18-Hour Journey With Murad
- Suad Amiry, Sharon and My Mother-in-Law: Ramallah Diaries
- Radwa Ashour, Granada
- Radwa Ashour, Specters
- Salwa Bakr, The Wiles of Men and Other Stories
- Hoda Barakat, Disciples of Passion
- Hoda Barakat, The Stone of Laughter
- Faïza Guène, Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow
- Nathalie Handal (ed.), The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology
- Betool Khedairi, Absent: A Novel
- Alia Mamdouh, Naphtalene: A Novel of Baghdad
- Buthaina Al Nasiri, Final Night: Short Stories
- Alifa Rifaat, Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories
- Hanan al-Shaykh, Women of Sand and Myrrh
- Adania Shibli, Touch
- Ahdaf Soueif, In the Eye of the Sun
- Ahdaf Soueif, The Map of Love
- Miral al-Tahawy, Blue Aubergine
- Latifa al-Zayyat, The Open Door
- Latifa Zayyat, The Search: Personal Papers
Terrific, thanks!
posted by Gin and Broadband at 1:24 AM on January 29, 2017
posted by Gin and Broadband at 1:24 AM on January 29, 2017
This is great, thanks so much!
posted by stillmoving at 4:03 AM on January 29, 2017
posted by stillmoving at 4:03 AM on January 29, 2017
I wish Balabakki's writings were translated.
Balabakki's literary work also inspired political uproar. Because of her public criticisms of Islam and sexually explicit stories, Balabakki was brought to trial, while her work was censored
posted by PHINC at 7:34 AM on January 29, 2017 [2 favorites]
Balabakki's literary work also inspired political uproar. Because of her public criticisms of Islam and sexually explicit stories, Balabakki was brought to trial, while her work was censored
posted by PHINC at 7:34 AM on January 29, 2017 [2 favorites]
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