English 240: Literature of North Africa and the Middle East
>
Reserve Reading
> al-Shaykh,
Women of Sand and Myrrh
Recommended Reading/Browsing:
Hanan al-Shaykh
in
Contemporary Authors Online
(HSU users only)
Ghada Khouri, "
Caught in the Middle: Women in Lebanon
." From
WIN: Women's International Net
13 (September 1998)
Maya Jaggi, "
Conflicts Unveiled
" (
The
[London]
Guardian
7 July 2001): a profile of Hanan al-Shaykh
Pascale Ghazaleh, "
From the Rooftops
" (
Al-Ahram Weekly
11 November 1999): a profile of Hanan al-Shaykh
Lebanon
/
Saudi Arabia
(
Britannica Online
) (HSU users only)
Jacki Lyden, "
Lebanese Writers Offer Alternative Views of Beirut
" (NPR's
Weekend Edition
, 5 March 2005): a report on the anthology of new writing from Lebanon,
Transit Beirut
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