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Willow Trees don't Weep
Fadia Faqir
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Description for Willow Trees don't Weep
Paperback. A father sets out to save the Islamic world. A daughter sets out to save herself. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
A father sets out to save the Islamic world. A daughter sets out to save herself. Najwa's father left when she was four years old. Now, upon her mother's 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 ... Read more
A father sets out to save the Islamic world. A daughter sets out to save herself. Najwa's father left when she was four years old. Now, upon her mother's 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Heron Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782069508
SKU
V9781782069508
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About Fadia Faqir
Fadia Faqir is a Jordanian-British writer and journalist, and lectures in English Literature at Durham University. She is the author of three novels: Nisanit, Pillars of Salt and My Name is Salma; as well as the editor of a book of autobiographical essays by Arab women writers, In the House of Silence. She lives in Durham.
Reviews for Willow Trees don't Weep
'A compelling narrative ... negotiates the minefield of family, politics and religion fearlessly but with a delicate touch' Janet Davey.
Janet Davey
Written with unhidebound verve . . . an ambitious solution to an impossible task: seeing the Arab Israeli conflict whole
New Statesman, on Nisanit
'This is a beautifully touching novel that takes us beyond ... Read more
Janet Davey
Written with unhidebound verve . . . an ambitious solution to an impossible task: seeing the Arab Israeli conflict whole
New Statesman, on Nisanit
'This is a beautifully touching novel that takes us beyond ... Read more