Samantha Renke’s debut book, ‘You Are The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread’, is essentially her autobiography but for many readers it...
BOOK REVIEWS
Hijab and Red Lipstick. Based on Real-Life Experiences
Hijab and Red Lipstick by Yousra Imran Originally published: October 15, 2020 Publishers: Hashtag Press Genre: Domestic Fiction...
‘Head Above Water’ by Shahd Alshammari – Book Review
I was an 18-year-old who fell asleep one random night and woke up the next day with complete numbness all over my body,” Just like that Dr. Shahd Alshammari’s life was...
Nasher’s Book Review: The Beekeeper of Aleppo By Christy Lefteri
Originally published: 2 May 2019 Author: Christy Lefteri Page count: 378 Original language: English Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife,...
Nasher’s Review of: ‘When I Hit You Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife’
Author: Meena Kandasamy Publisher: Atlantic Books Limited, 2017 Pages: 249 pages Set in modern India, the novel’s unnamed female protagonist meets a Marxist academic...
NASHER’S Review of “Le Faucon”
Author: Gilbert Sinoué Pages: 280 pages Publishing house: Al-Kamel Verlag The figure of the UAE’s founder, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God rest his...
Nasher’s Review of “Confessions of a Curious Bookseller”
Author: Elizabeth Green Pages: 483 pages Publishing house: Lake Union Publishing Publishing date: January 1, 2021 Bookshops, cats, and secret confessions — what could...
Nasher’s Review of “Over The Republican Bridge”
Author: Shahad Al Rawi Publishing house: Dar Al Hikma, London The young Iraqi author, Shahad Al Rawi returns with her second book ‘Over The Republican Bridge’ and after...
Nasher’s Review of “The Shroud Maker “
Author: Ahmed Masoud Publishing house: Oberon Books “The Shroud Maker” play by author and director Ahmed Masoud tells the story of an 84-year-old woman who sells...
Nasher’s Review of “Sisters of the War”
Author: Rania Abouzeid Since the revolution-turned-civil war in Syria began in 2011, over 500,000 civilians have been killed and more than 12 million Syrians have been...