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Hanan al-Shaykh was born & raised in Lebanon. She is the author of three novels - "Women of Sand & Myrrh", "The Story of Zahra" & "Beirut Blues" - as well as a collection of short stories, "I Sweep the Sun off Rooftops". She currently lives in London with her husband & two children.

Hanan al-Shaykh was born & raised in Lebanon. Библиографические данные.

Place de la Catastrophe. I Don’t Want to Grow Up. I Sweep the Sun off Rooftops. The White Peacock of Holland Park.

Lebanese writer Hanan Al-Shaykh at Helsinki Book Fair 2003. I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops (Trans. Specific examples include The Story of Zahra which includes abortion, divorce, sanity, illegitimacy and sexual promiscuity, and Women of Sand and Myrrh which contains scenes of a lesbian relationship between two of the main protagonists.

Hanan al-Shaykh, an award-winning journalist, novelist, and playwright, is the author of the short story collection I Sweep the Sun off Rooftops; the novels One Thousand and One Nights, The Story of Zahra, Women of Sand and Myrrh, Beirut Blues, and Only in London; and a memoir about.

Hanan al-Shaykh, an award-winning journalist, novelist, and playwright, is the author of the short story collection I Sweep the Sun off Rooftops; the novels One Thousand and One Nights, The Story of Zahra, Women of Sand and Myrrh, Beirut Blues, and Only in London; and a memoir about her mother, The Locust and the Bird.

At once clever and evocative, I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops is a collection of great insight, wit and poignancy, placing Hanan al-Shaykh among the . I loved this book, about woman in the Middles East in present day, trying to keep their traditions alive while entering into a new world

At once clever and evocative, I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops is a collection of great insight, wit and poignancy, placing Hanan al-Shaykh among the foremost cosmopolitan writers of our time. I loved this book, about woman in the Middles East in present day, trying to keep their traditions alive while entering into a new world. Loved the visuals and the writing, learning about their.

Hanan al-Shaykh, an award-winning journalist, novelist, and playwright, is the author of the short-story collections I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops and One Thousand and One Nights; the novels The Story of Zahra, Women of Sand and Myrrh, Beirut Blues. ore about Hanan al-Shaykh.

I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops. In these seventeen short stories-eleven of which are appearing in English for the first time-al-Shaykh expands her horizons beyond the boundaries of Lebanon, taking us throughout the Middle East, to Africa, and finally to London

I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops. In these seventeen short stories-eleven of which are appearing in English for the first time-al-Shaykh expands her horizons beyond the boundaries of Lebanon, taking us throughout the Middle East, to Africa, and finally to London. Stylistically diverse, her stories are often about the shifting and ambiguous power relationships between different cultures-as well as between men and women. Often compared to both Margaret Atwood and Margaret Drabble, Hanan al-Shaykh is "a gifted and courageous writer" (Middle Eastern International).

I had always hated her nose. The day before I had banged the door in her face and emptied the rubbish bin on her from the balcony as she went to get in the car and drive away. I scattered frangipani. blossoms over her and sang to her and put a garland of jasmine around her neck, pulling her toward me and kissing her face and hands and her silk scarf. I took the scarf off her and spread it out on the floor and asked her why we did not hire one of the horse-drawn carriages printed on it.

Start by marking I Sweep The Sun Off Rooftops: Stories as Want to Read . I had high hopes for this book of short stories based in Lebanon and started reading with some of those hopes fulfilled.

Start by marking I Sweep The Sun Off Rooftops: Stories as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. ant to Read. Gradually I found a certain sameness creeping in, primarily of writing style and tone, negativity toward most "others" in whichever protagonists' life and constant wistfulness, dreaminess. Perhaps this comes of living in a war zone.

In these seventeen short stories-eleven of which are appearing in English for the first time-al-Shaykh expands her horizons beyond the boundaries of Lebanon, taking us. .Books related to I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops.

In these seventeen short stories-eleven of which are appearing in English for the first time-al-Shaykh expands her horizons beyond the boundaries of Lebanon, taking us throughout the Middle East, to Africa, and finally to London.