Women of Sand and Myrrh
1982
First Published
3.22
Average Rating
288
Number of Pages
A powerful and moving novel, by the Arab world's leading woman novelist, about four women coping with the insular, oppressive society of an unnamed desert state.
Avg Rating
3.22
Number of Ratings
1,284
5 STARS
12%
4 STARS
30%
3 STARS
33%
2 STARS
18%
1 STARS
7%
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Author
Hanan Al-Shaykh
Author · 9 books
Hanan Al-Shaykh (Arabic: حنان الشيخ) is a Lebanese journalist, novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. Born into a conservative Shia' Muslim family, she received her primary education in Beirut and later she attended the American College for Girls in Cairo. She began her journalism career in Egypt before returning to Lebanon. Her short stories and novels feature primarily female characters in the face of conservative religious traditions set against the backdrop of political tensions and instability of the Lebanese civil war.
