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ISBN 1 84659 011 6
Genre: Fiction
Publication: 14 September 2006
Format: 13 x 20 cm
Edition: Paperback
Pages: 222pp
Price: £9.99

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About the Editor
Roseanne Saad Khalaf is Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at the American University of Beirut. Her publications include Once Upon a Time in Lebanon and Transit Beirut: New Writing and Images.

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About the Contributors
The selections in this anthology bring together stories from established authors as well as promising young student writers. They tell of sectarian strife, of strained relationships, and of the search for safety.

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The women's short stories series

You might also like to have a look at other volumes in our short stories series. So far we have seven collections: Iranian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi from our sister company Saqi Books (2005) and Irish, Czech, Lebanese and Palestinian under the Telegram banner (2006). We're planning more for the future, so there's some great reading ahead to look forward to...

Published by Telegram

Scéalta: Short Stories by Irish Women
Edited by Rebecca O'Connor.
Povídky: Short Stories by Czech Women
Edited by Nancy Hawker.
Hikayat: Short Stories by Lebanese Women
Edited by Roseanne Khalaf.
Qissat: Short Stories by Palestinian Women
Edited by Jo Glanville.

Published by Saqi

Afsaneh: Short Stories by Iranian Women
Edited by Kaveh Basmenji.
Kahani: Short Stories by Pakistani Women
Edited by Aamer Hussein.
Galpa: Short Stories by Bangladeshi Women
Edited by Niaz Zaman and Firdous Azim.

Let us know what you think of the collections by writing for our Readers' Reviews column. We'd like to hear from you!


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"Are you Muslim or Christian?" she asked. "What's a Muslim?" "It means you believe in Muhammad." "My dad's name is Muhammad," I replied. But because my uncle's name is also Muhammad, I wondered which one she meant...

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