Joumana Haddad: 3 books
I Killed Scheherazade
Confessions of an Angry Arab Woman
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
For centuries the heroine of The Arabian Nights, Scheherazade, defined the Arab woman-until Joumana Haddad, an Arab woman herself, had had enough. Haddad angrily challenges prevalent notions of identity and womanhood in the Middle East in this intrepid exploration. While she finds the West’s dominant...
Superman is an Arab
On God, marriage, macho men and other disastrous inventions
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
This is not a manifesto against men in general. Nor is it a manifesto against Arab men in particular. It is, however, a howl in the face of a particular species of men: the macho species, Supermen, as they like to envision themselves. But Superman is a lie. In this explosive sequel to I Killed Scheherazade,...
Madinah
City Stories from the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013
Featuring:
Nedim Gursel (Istanbul), Gamal Al-Ghitani (Alexandria), Fadwa Al-Qasem (Dubai), Ala Hlehel (Akka), Hassan Blasim (Baghdad), Yousef Al-Mohaimeed (Riyadh), Elias Farkouh (Amman), Nabil Sulayman (Latakia), Joumana Haddad (Beirut), and Yitzhak Laor (Tel Aviv).
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‘Madinah’...