My Name Is Salma

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Black Swan, 2008 - Fiction - 326 pages
When Salma becomes pregnant before marriage in her small village in the Levant, her innocent days playing the pipe for her goats are gone for ever. She is swept into prison for her own protection. To the sound of her screams, her newborn baby daughter is snatched away.

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My Name is Salma
Fadia Faqir
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Fadia Faqir
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About the author (2008)

Fadia Faqir is a Jordanian/British writer and defender of human rights, especially women's rights in the Arab world. She is the author of two other novels, Nisanit and Pillars of Salt. In 1990 the University of East Anglia awarded her the first Ph.D in Critical and Creative Writing. Brought up in Amman she now lives with her husband in Durham. For more information please visit www.fadiafaqir.com

Bibliographic information

TitleMy Name Is Salma
AuthorFadia Faqir
Editionreprint
PublisherBlack Swan, 2008
ISBN055277362X, 9780552773621
Length326 pages
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