← Hanan al- ShaykhBeirut Bluesby Hanan al- ShaykhNovel of fragmented lives and relationships in wartime BeirutFind on Amazon↗About the authorHanan al- ShaykhLebanese 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.More by Hanan al- ShaykhThe Story of ZahraNovel of trauma and identity during Lebanese civil conflict→Women of Sand and MyrrhNovel exploring female identity and desire in Gulf society→Only in London→The Locust and the BirdMemoir blending family history with cultural displacement→