Hanan al- Shaykh
Lebanese novelist whose bold fiction about Arab women's desires and constraints brought her international recognition and controversy in equal measure. The Story of Zahra, her Lebanese civil war novel, is a landmark.
Works
- The Story of ZahraNovel of trauma and identity during Lebanese civil conflict
- Women of Sand and MyrrhNovel exploring female identity and desire in Gulf society
- Beirut BluesNovel of fragmented lives and relationships in wartime Beirut
- Only in London
- The Locust and the BirdMemoir blending family history with cultural displacement