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SHARON and my Mother-in-Law: Ramallah Diaries by Suad Amiry – Impressions
Note: I was terribly excited when I heard that one of my favourite Palestinian authors, Suad Amiry has had a new book out, another work of non-fiction called Nothing to Lose but Your Life. Amiry is...
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One Night by Niki Karimi – A Review
by Susan Abraham One of the main hallmarks of Iranian cinema, is the row of noted pregnant silences, that puncture important episodes and how such an extraordinary tool, courtesy of the film-maker,...
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General Context: Poetry and a Film Clip – Impressions
by Susan Abraham Captions: 1st b/w pic above is of Tehran professor, novelist & playwright, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, while below are a film clip from It’s Winter, directed by one of Iran’s new wave of...
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The Third Allegory from Hoorah – The Day I Became a Woman (Iranian Cinema) –...
by Susan Abraham Re-written as a fable in my own words and dedicated to the award-winning filmmaker, Marzieh Meshkini who originally produced The Day I Became A Woman for her graduation project except...
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The Age of Orphans by Laleh Khadivi – A Review
The Age of Orphans is a no-holds barred war story. It offers an intriguing, powerful and tragic storyline from start to finish. The densed plot reflects battlefronts with an almost atmospheric flavour....
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The Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jelloun – A Review
by Susan Abraham Originally translated by Linda Coverdale and already a bestseller in France, This Blinding Absence of Light by Moroccan novelist Tahar Ben Jelloun, won the 2004 International IMPAC...
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Let It Be Morning by Sayed Kashua – A Review
by Susan Abraham “How powerfully captured, the screams of dusk…those heard by innocent bystanders even as hope must surely rise within the breast of the dawn, to wipe away the hidden bloodshed.” -...
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Hawa the Bus-Driver – Impressions
by Susan Abraham If you suspect by now how despondent a gloomy Dar-es-Salaam bookshop is destined to make me feel at the happiest of moments – and you may read all about that here, then how more...
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The Final Bet by Abdelilah Hamdouchi – A Review
by Susan Abraham Sometimes, a book cover, like a painting catches me in my tracks! I may will myself to turn away reluctantly but not succeed. Bowled over by an erratic splash of colour, muted shades...
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The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer – A Review
by Susan Abraham The Septembers of Shiraz was on the 2009 long-list of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. In a silent yet profound lamentation of Iranian novelist Dalia Sofer‘s 340-page...
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On Reading the Congo & the Cameroons by Mary Kingsley – Impressions
It’s hard to picture the dour but kindly Victorian explorer and writer, Mary Kingsley, furiously penning her detailed journals, complete with comic observations, over 150 years ago and this with a...
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Secret Son by Laila Lalami
by Susan Abraham Introduction: There is no doubt that Moroccan-American writer Laila Lalami, one of Morocco‘s newer writers in the post-modern age for Middle-Eastern literature in the West, creates a...
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The Attack by Yasmina Khadra – A Review
Note: This book review was originally published under my pen name of Suzan Abrams in The Iranian as part of the editor’s selection. Together with another of my reviews, ‘Let It Be Morning, The Attack...
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Haji’s Book of Malayan Nursery Rhymes by A.W. Hamilton (old Malaya)
About my Find Not too long ago when I stopped in Kuala Lumpur and visited the splendid Kinokuniya Bookstore, this quaint treasure of a children’s poetry book, beckoned to me shyly, from a locked glass...
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Paddylands (old Malaya)
by Susan Abraham Introduction: The above image was secured from Amazon Books and so the photograph is not my personal copy, although the cover is the same. This morning, I purchased PADDYLANDS A Story...
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