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Voices of change : short stories by Saudi Arabian women writers / edited and translated by Abubaker Bagader, Ava M. Heinrichsdorff, Deborah S. Akers ; additional translations by Abdul-Aziz Al-Sebail.
LIBRA PJ8005.8 .V65 1998
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, Arabic--Saudi Arabia--Translations into English.
- Short stories, Arabic.
- Arabic fiction--Women authors--Translations into English.
- Arabic fiction.
- Arabic fiction--20th century--Translations into English.
- Arabic fiction--Women authors.
- Saudi Arabia.
- Genre:
- Short stories, Arabic.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 171 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1998.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Life Passages
- Had I Been Male / Najat Khayyat 19
- School Diaries / Badriyyah al-Bishir 23
- Tears of Joy and Sorrow / Jamilah Fatani 29
- Why Shouldn't I Be Like Her? / Jamilah Fatani 35
- Zainab / Sharifah ash-Shamlan 39
- The Duties of a Working Wife / Wafa Munawwar 43
- Complete Calm / Sharifah ash-Shamlan 47
- To Celebrate Being a Woman / Fatimah al-[characters not reproducible]Utaybi 53
- The Dove Is a Woman / Nurah al-Ghamdi 57
- Just Give Me the Right to Dream / Fatimah al-[characters not reproducible]Utaybi 63
- Part 2 Social Issues
- The Loss / Khayriyyah as-Saqqaf 69
- Saffron / Fatimah ad-Dawsari 73
- Wednesday Night / Badriyyah al-Bishir 77
- In a Puzzling Whirlwind / Amal [characters not reproducible]Abdul-Hamid 83
- The Reflection / Khayriyyah as-Saqqaf 87
- Part 3 Love: Romantic, Requited, and Otherwise
- I Will Not Return / Qumashah al-[characters not reproducible]Ulayyan 95
- If Only It Were Pity / Lamia Baeshen 101
- Fall Nights / Samirah Khashuqji 107
- A Single-Winged Bird / Lamia Baeshen 113
- The Last Dream / Muna ad-Dhukayr 119
- The Game / Sarah Buhaymid 127
- I Never Lied / Qumashah al-[characters not reproducible]Ulayyan 131
- Take Me with You / Najat Khayyat 135
- Part 4 Memories
- Burqan's Ghost / Nurah al-Ghamdi 141
- The Madman / Jamilah Fatani 149
- One Thousand Braids and a Governess / Raja' [characters not reproducible]Alim 155.
- ISBN:
- 1555877508
- 1555877753
- OCLC:
- 37195561
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