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Hanan al-Shaykh
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Hanan al-Shaykh was born in Lebanon and grew up in Beirut. After
leaving Lebanon in 1975, she lived between England and the Gulf States
and has lived in London since 1984.
Her novels include Suicide of a Dead Man, The Praying Mantis, The Story of Zahra, The Women of Sand and Myrrh, and Beirut Blues. She also published a short-story collection, I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops, and two plays, Dark Afternoon Tea and Paper Husband.
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Participating in the Following Events
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Monday 12:30-2pm
Lunch and Conversation w/Fadhil al-Azzawi, moderator-Khaled Mattawa
Tuesday 9-10:30pm
Late Night Love and Hate: Writing in/from Hostile Surroundings
Wednesday 12-1:30pm
Conversation w/Salman Rushdie
God, It's as Though You're Sewing a Dress For a Flea (Translated from Arabic)
I gather up my courage and decide to throw a "reception day” in the
tradition of most wealthy, middle-class women who are proud of their
lineage and upbringing, or, who are, like me, enamored with singing and
with going to the movies. These women choose a weekday at the end of
each month for such a day, and their friends show up dressed to the
Nines, and sit around chatting, drinking coffee, and eating candied
almonds and chocolate. My husband, however, did not like visits; he saw
them as a waste of time and breath. I sent him off and instructed him
to bring me at least one kind each of chocolate and white, sugar-coated
almonds, even though I personally prefer the (more expensive) pink and
blue ones. I'd taken to buying them in secret, as I had taken to buying
coffee beans and flowers from a street vendor, also in secret.
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