They Fell Like Stars From the Sky & Other Stories by Sheikha Helawy

They Fell Like Stars From the Sky & Other Stories by Sheikha Helawy

Celebrate the courage and resilience of Bedouin women and girls of Palestine in this illustrated collection of 18 short stories translated from Arabic.

Glimpse vivid portraits of life on the margins of society: a world of intricate cultural taboos, the tender innocence of growing up, the heart-wrenching tragedies entwined with love.

Meet young girls exploring womanhood with endearing curiosity and a woman whose tattoo defies sexual norms. Witness the tragic fallout of a husband consumed by jealousy over his wife's teenage love and the euphoric passion of an elderly woman's love for football.

These sometimes-witty, sometimes-harrowing narratives are packed with an emotional power that lingers far beyond the last word.

“strident, autobiographical and political” The Guardian;“feels like an act of love” ArabLit;“an intimate portrait of the inner worlds of Bedouiness” The New Arab

Sheikha Helawy was born in an unrecognised Bedouin village near Haifa before moving to Jaffa, Israel. She is a lecturer in Arab Feminism at Ben Gurion University and also writes fiction and poetry. Her work has been translated into German, French and Bulgarian, and she was awarded an Arabic short story award in 2019-20. Anna Morrison is a UK-based book cover designer, art director and sometime illustrator. She has spent many years working in-house for various publishers such as Penguin Random House, 4th Estate and Pushkin Press. Morrison is now freelance and work for many publishers worldwide. Nancy Roberts is a multi-award-winning freelance Arabic-to-English translator and editor. In addition to novels, she enjoys translating materials on political, economic and environmental issues, human rights, international development, Islamic thought and movements, and interreligious dialogue. Nancy lived across the Middle East for twenty-five years in Lebanon, Kuwait and Jordan, and is now based in the Chicago suburbs.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781915584014
ISBN 10	1915584019
Title	They Fell Like Stars From the Sky & Other Stories
Author	Sheikha Helawy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Neem Tree Press Limited
Year published	2023-09-26
Number of pages	128
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.