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Hanan Al-Shaykh

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in Beirut, Lebanon

November 12, 1945

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Literature & Fiction

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Hanan Al-Shaykh (Arabic: حنان الشيخ) is a Lebanese journalist, novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. Born into a conservative Shia' Muslim family, she received her primary education in Beirut and later she attended the American College for Girls in Cairo. She began her journalism career in Egypt before returning to Lebanon. Her short stories and novels feature primarily female characters in the face of conservative religious traditions set against the backdrop of political tensions and instability of the Lebanese civil war. ...more

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Average rating: 3.55 · 11,382 ratings · 1,399 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors

	One Thousand and One Nights by Hanan Al-Shaykh (Retelling), حنان الشيخ, Mary Gaitskill (Introduction) 3.78 avg rating — 3,766 ratings — published 2011 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story by Hanan Al-Shaykh, حنان الشيخ, Roger Allen (Translator) 3.94 avg rating — 1,399 ratings — published 2009 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of Zahra 3.44 avg rating — 1,306 ratings — published 1980 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women of Sand and Myrrh by Hanan Al-Shaykh, حنان الشيخ, Catherine Cobham (Translator) 3.24 avg rating — 1,321 ratings — published 1982 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Only in London 2.84 avg rating — 631 ratings — published 2001 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops 3.54 avg rating — 397 ratings — published 1994 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Occasional Virgin: A Novel 2.53 avg rating — 555 ratings — published 2002 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beirut Blues 3.42 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 1992 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	صاحبة الدار شهرزاد by Hanan Al-Shaykh, حنان الشيخ 3.37 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Women's Swimming Pool 3.45 avg rating — 33 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Surely you know that pleasure soon evaporates, into thin air?
Then all we are left with are stories.”
― Hanan Al-Shaykh

tags: stories

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“I don’t want to turn into one of those pathetic creatures who are always homesick, always saying I wish I were still in Beirut. I don’t want to become like you, split between here and there. I know I’m not happy here, but why should I be unhappy in two countries?”
― Hanan Al-Shaykh, Beirut Blues

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“Just remember what Satan says: "I teach men what I learn from women!”
― Hanan Al-Shaykh, One Thousand and One Nights

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