‘What Happened to Zeeko?’ Celebrating Emily Nasrallah, BOTD in 1931
“My mom wrote the novel [in the early eighties], and back then I refused to let her publish it, as I didn’t want to hear about it.”
“My mom wrote the novel [in the early eighties], and back then I refused to let her publish it, as I didn’t want to hear about it.”
For those wishing to find out more about Nasrallah’s personal history, and also the history of a small village in southern Lebanon, ‘Al Makan’ is a perfect source.
“My family put so much pressure on me that I really had to fight and then fight again to go to university. It was unheard of for a girl to leave the village.”
So you thought I was finished…but no, no! The Best 100 Arabic Books (According to the Arab Writers Union) is actually a list of 105. Please make your own jokes, […]