![]() ![]() ![]() I was like a magician: I told stories and did funny imitations. I threaded some into a bracelet and, each time my hand brushed against a table, their jingling sound promised me maturity, control, freedom promised me that I could cope with the neighbourhood children's taunts about my absent mother. "At that time Lebanese coins had a hole in the centre. ![]() Her novels, written in Arabic, have been translated into several languages, including English, French, Dutch, German, Danish, Italian, Korean, Spanish, and Polish. ![]() Before turning to writing fiction, Al-Shaykh worked as a journalist in Beirut. Lebanese novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, one of the leading contemporary women writers in the Arab world. Hanan al-Shaykh's works deal with women's role in society, the relationship between the sexes, and the institution of marriage. All pages are unmodified as they originally appeared some links and images may no longer function. The original website was published by Petri Liukkonen under Creative Commons BY-ND-NC 1.0 Finland and reproduced here under those terms for non-commercial use. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ![]()
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