Fadia Faqir

A father sets out to save the Islamic world. A daughter sets out to save herself.Najwas father left when she was four years old. Now, upon her mothers death, she cannot live alone in the Islamic society of Jordan. She must find her father. Her search takes her through new dangers as she becomes swept up with a mysterious organization which sends her into the mountains of Afghanistan. For her father, this same journey was made as a wrenching sacrifice for the sake of his beliefs. Yet his experience in the desert transformed his life forever. Now it transforms Najwas, as she is compelled to follow in his footsteps: from a heartbreaking secret in Afghanistan all the way to a revelation in Britain.

To complement the novels in the "Arab Women Writers" series, this is a collection of autobiographical writings by 13 leading Arab women authors. Through these testimonies, the women describe their experiences and expose the often difficult conditions under which their narratives were written. Patterns running throughout include experiences of confinement, subjugation, the struggle for education and the eventual use of writing as an escape. They speak of their own reasons for writing, of how experiences in family life, politics, exile and even imprisonment have affected them and their work, and of how their motivation has been both tested and reinforced by various setbacks and the struggle for recognition.

From her prison cell in Cairo, Aziza decides to create a golden chariot to take her and fellow prisoners to heaven, where their dreams can be fulfilled. Azizas narrative holds together the stories of the other women and their crimes as they yearn for a better life, but cannot realize these dreams.

When Salma becomes pregnant before marriage in her small village in the Levant, her innocent days playing the pipe for her goats are gone for ever. She is swept into prison for her own protection. To the sound of her screams, her newborn baby daughter is snatched away. In the middle of the most English of towns, Exeter, she learns good manners from her landlady, and settles down with an Englishman. But deep in her heart the cries of her baby daughter still echo. When she can bear them no longer, she goes back to her village to find her. It is a journey that will change everything - and nothing.Slipping back and forth between the olive groves of the Levant and the rain-slicked pavements of Exeter, My Name is Salma is a searing portrayal of a womans courage in the face of insurmountable odds.

En Hima, una aldea de Oriente Medio, la joven pastora Salma ha violado el código que rige su tribu beduina al quedarse embarazada fuera del matrimonio. Dispuestos a restaurar el honor mancillado, su familia resuelve limpiar con sangre la deshonra. Salma solo encontrara refugio en la carcel, donde tras dar a luz vera como le arrebatan a su hija. Años mas tarde, Salma se traslada a Inglaterra, donde pedira asilo e intentara rehacer su vida. Aun asi, en lo mas profundo de su corazon, sigue estando presente el recuerdo constante de su pequeña Layla. Dieciseis años despues, Salma decide regresar a buscarla. Sera un viaje que lo cambiara todo. Una conmovedora novela de amor, sentimientos, ideales y honor perdido. La autora, Fadia Faqir ,ha recreado parte de su propia vida. Recordara a libros como "No sin mi hija". Un relato solido, bien construido y emocionante con personajes femeninos muy potentes y bellamente descritos. Es muy probable la presencia de la autora en España para la promocion.