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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books
  • First Book:
    July 1992
  • Latest Book:
    August 2018
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Book List in Order: 9 titles



  • A powerful and moving novel, by the Arab world's leading woman novelist, about four women coping with the insular, oppressive society of an unnamed desert state....



  • Zahra’s mother uses her as a cover for her meetings with a lover; Zahra’s strict father mistreats her for being complicit in her mother’s affair. Fleeing from Beirut in search of solace, Zahra stays with her uncle in West Africa -- and then use...



  • With the acclaim won by her first two novels, Hanan al-Shaykh established herself as the Arab world's foremost woman writer. Beirut Blues, published to similar acclaim, further confirms her place in Arabic literature, and brings her writing to a new,...



  • Since the U.S. publication of Women of Sand and Myrrh--which has now sold more than 35,000 copies and was selected as one of the Fifty Best Books of 1992 by Publishers Weekly--Hanan al-Shaykh has attracted an ever larger following for her dazzling ta...



  • Four strangers meet on a turbulent flight from Dubai to London: Amira, a canny Moroccan prostitute; Lamis, a 30-year old Iraqi divorcee; Nicholas, an English expert on Islamic art; and Samir, a Lebanese man who is delivering a monkey on a mission he...




  • From one of the world's most acclaimed contemporary Arab writers: a sparkling new translation of twenty mesmerizing tales from the beloved masterpiece. The original tales of the One Thousand and One Nights were framed as stories told by the young ...



  • On a sunny beach on the Italian Riviera, two thirtysomething women, Yvonne and Huda, relax by the sparkling sea. But despite the setting, as their vacation unfolds, their complicated pasts seep through to the idyllic present. Both women spent their c...



  • A story from Hanan al-Shaykh to stir the heart and awaken vital conversations about love.A young flies from London to Cairo when she hears her love call for her. But she does not know what he is hiding, the reality that awaits.About the authorHanan a...





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Hanan Al-Shaykh has published 9 books.

Hanan Al-Shaykh does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, My Eye is a Button on Your Dress, was published in August 2018.

The first book by Hanan Al-Shaykh, Women of Sand and Myrrh, was published in July 1992.

No. Hanan Al-Shaykh does not write books in series.