The Waiting List: An Iraqi Woman's Tales of Alienation

by Daisy Al-Amir and Dayzi Amir

Book Overview

Daisy Al-Amir is one of the more visible figures in women's fiction in the Arab world today. This collection of stories, originally published in Lebanon as Ala La'ihat al-Intizar, is the most recent of her five publications. Her stories intimately reflect women's experiences in the chaotic worlds of the Lebanese civil war and the rise of Saadam Hussain as Iraq's leader. Set in Iraq, Cyprus, and Lebanon, the stories shed light on an unusual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292790678
• ISBN13: 9780292790674
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies Ut-Austin
• Length: 95 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.7" x 8.4"