We Wrote in Symbols, Love and Lust by Arab Women Writers

We Wrote in Symbols, Love and Lust by Arab Women WritersIt is a little known secret that Arabic literature has a long tradition of erotic writing. Behind that secret lies another that many of the writers are women. We Wrote in Symbols celebrates the works of 75 of these female writers of Arab heritage who articulate love and lust with artistry and skill. Here, a wedding night takes an unexpected turn beneath a canopy of stars; a woman on the run meets her match in a flirtatious encounter at Dubai Airport;

'Utterly compulsive and gripping

along with those of everyone around you - including your children

he creates an environment all his own - fundamentally comic

She loved getting an education

But medicine carries the burden of its own troubling history

Annabelle Williams

The great movements that have shaken Europe

by inviting writers from border areas to respond imaginatively and instinctively

that when the Day of Judgement dawns and the great conquerors and lawyers and statesmen come to receive their rewards - their crowns

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and a chilling fable of unending guilt

this story constantly surprises and entertains