Beirut Blues

By Hanan Shaykh

One Thousand and One Nights

By Hanan Shaykh

Passed down over centuries from India, Persia, and across the Arab world, the mesmerizing stories of One Thousand and One Nights are related by the beautiful, young Shahrazad as she attempts to del...

The Story of Zahra

By Hanan Shaykh

Only in London: A Novel

By Hanan Shaykh, Hanan Al Shaykh

On a flight from Dubai to London, a sudden turbulence throws together four people from different corners of the Arab world and after the plane lands, their lives remain entwined as they seek love a...

Women of Sand and Myrrh

By Hanan Shaykh, Catherine Cobham

A modern classic of Arab women’s literature—and a poignant reminder of the enduring plight of oppressed women around the globe “Brilliantly drawn . . . Al-Shaykh is one of the Arab world’s most dis...

Story of Zahra The

By Hanan Shaykh

The Story of Zahra

By Hanan Shaykh

Zahra’s mother uses her as a cover for her meetings with a lover; Zahra’s strict father mistreats her for being complicit in her mother’s affair. Fleeing from Beirut in search of solace, Zahra stay...

Beirut Blues

By Hanan Shaykh, Al Shaykh Hanan

Asmahan writes letters - to make sense of her life and to preserve her fond memories of Beirut as it existed before civil strife destroyed it forever. Evocative, sensual, funny, and poignant, the l...

Beirut Blues

By Hanan Shaykh

With the acclaim won by her first two novels, Hanan al-Shaykh established herself as the Arab world's foremost woman writer. Beirut Blues, published to similar acclaim, further confirms her place i...

I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops

By Hanan Shaykh

Since the U.S. publication of Women of Sand and Myrrh--which has now sold more than 35,000 copies and was selected as one of the Fifty Best Books of 1992 by Publishers Weekly--Hanan al-Shaykh has a...