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Voices of Change: Short Stories by Saudi Arabian Women Writers edited and translated by Abubaker Bagader, Ava M. Heinrichsdorff, and Deborah S. Akers “Voices of Change provides the English-language reader with the unique opportunity to hear Saudi women’s voices regarding their lives spanning throughout the entire life cycle.” —RACHEL SIMON, DIGEST OF MIDDLE EAST STUDIES Poignant and thought-provoking, this anthology offers a representative selection of works by the best-known contemporary women writers in Saudi Arabia. The authors’ stories of their patriarchal society afford rare insight into the traditional and changing roles, relationships, and expectations of modern Saudi women. Abubaker Bagader is professor of sociology at King Abdulaziz University. Ava M. Heinrichsdorff’s books include The Fire Goddess. Deborah S. Akers is visiting professor of anthropology at Miami University. CONTRIBUTORS: Amal Abdul-Hamid, Raja’ Alim, Lamia Baeshen, Badriyyah al-Bishir, Bashria al-Bishir, Sarah Bohaimad, Fatima ad- Dawsari, Muna ad-Dhukhayr, Jamilah Fatani, Nurah al-Ghamdi, Samirah Khashuqji, Najat Khayyat, Wafa Munawwar, Khayriyyah as- Saqqaf, Sharifah ash-Shamlan, Qumashah al- Ulayyan, and Fatimah al-Utaybi. 1998/172 pages LC: 97-26942 ISBN: 1-55587-775-3 pb £12.50 / $16.50 Fields of Fig and Olive: Ameera and Other Stories of the Middle East Kathryn K. Abdul-Baki “[Abdul-Baki] has been blessed with the ability to make foreignness familiar.... The author writes that fig and olive are the ‘sweet and bitter fruits, eternal Eastern symbols of man’s destiny, of good and evil.’ Sometime in her life, [she] must have distilled the flavors of bitter and sweet. She pours them into her storytelling.” —CHICAGO SUN TIMES “Abdul-Baki’s skillful and realistic presentation of characters, along with her masterly use of flashback and other narrative techniques, contributes to making her collection one of the most successful of its kind.” —WORLD LITERATURE TODAY 1991/217 pages ISBN: 0-89410-726-7 pb £10.50 / $14 Available through our Text in Time Program Tower of Dreams A NOVEL Kathryn K. Abdul-Baki “The spirit of place and landscape are palpable.... Abdul-Baki shines in her ability to penetrate the psyche of young Arab women.” —SEATTLE TIMES 1995/216 pages ISBN: 0-89410-817-4 pb £10.50 / $14 Available through our Text in Time Program 28
Arabian Love Poems Nizar Kabbani, translated by Bassam K. Frangieh and Clementina R. Brown, with an introduction by Bassam K. Frangieh “Bassam Frangieh and Clementina Brown have done us all a great service by collaborating to create this bilingual volume.... The Arabic is a reproduction of the poet’s own handwritten text of the selected poems, indicating the collaboration of the poet in the project as well.... an excellent introductory volume to the work of this icon of modern Arabic poetry for students and aficionados of Arabic and world poetry.” —CLARISSA BURT, JOURNAL OF ARABIC STUDIES “This superbly presented edition ... will well serve to introduce an American readership to one of the finest 20th Century poets of the Middle East.” —MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW “This translation in English is much needed.... Arabian Love Poems succeeds in rendering into English the beautiful poetical verse of Qabbani.” —AMIRA EL-ZEIN, MESA BULLETIN Nizar Kabbani’s poetry has been described as “more powerful than all the Arab regimes put together” (Lebanese Daily Star). Reflecting on his recent death, Sulhi Al-Wadi wrote (in Tishreen), “Qabbani is like water, bread, and the sun in every Arab heart and house. In his poetry the harmony of the heart, and in his blood the melody of love.” Arabian Love Poems is the first English-language collection of his work. Frangieh and Brown’s elegant translations are accompanied by the Arabic texts of the poems, penned by Kabbani especially for this collection. Nizar Kabbani was born in Syria in 1923, to a traditional, wellto-do family. He served in Syria’s diplomatic corp for more than 20 years (1945–1966), but settled in London for political reasons. He died on April 30, 1998; at his request, he was buried in Damascus. 1999/225 pages LC: 98-42796 ISBN: 0-89410-881-6 pb £12.95 / $16.95 See pages 33–36 for other outstanding titles on the Middle East and North Africa. 29
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