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Banthology

Stories from Unwanted Nations

By: Anoud,Rania Mamoun,Zaher Omareen,Fereshteh Molavi,Ubah Cristina Ali Farah,Wajdi al-Ahdal,Najwa Binshatwan

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Banthology

Stories from Unwanted Nations

By: Anoud,Rania Mamoun,Zaher Omareen,Fereshteh Molavi,Ubah Cristina Ali Farah,Wajdi al-Ahdal,Najwa Binshatwan

In January 2017, President Trump signed an executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries – Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen – from entering the United States, effectively slamming the door on refugees seeking safety and tearing families apart. Mass protests followed, and although the order has since been blocked, amended and challenged by judges, it still stands as one of the most discriminatory laws to be passed in the US in modern times. Banthology brings together specially commissioned stories from the original seven ‘banned nations’. Covering a range of approaches – from satire, to allegory, to literary realism – it explores the emotional and personal impact of all restrictions on movement, and offers a platform to voices the White House would rather remained silent. Part of our 'Banned Nations Showcase'.

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Comma Press

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1910974366

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A Land Without Jasmine

By: Wajdi Al-Ahdal,William Hutchins

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A Land Without Jasmine

By: Wajdi Al-Ahdal,William Hutchins

Winner of the 2013 Said Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation. A Land without Jasmine is a sexy, satirical detective story about the sudden disappearance of a young female student from Yemen's Sanaa University. Each chapter is narrated by a different character, beginning with Jasmine herself. The mystery surrounding her disappearance comes into clearer focus with each self-serving and idiosyncratic account provided by an acquaintance, family member, or detective. The hallucinatory ending, although appropriately foreshadowed, may come as a Sufi surprise for the reader. Less mystically inclined readers may want to reread this tale to construct an alternative ending. This short novel has echoes of both the Sherlock Holmes stories and The Catcher in the Rye as, in addition to the mystery and a murder, the novel contains candid discussions of coming of age in a land of sexual repression. Wajdi al-Ahdal is a satirical author with a fresh and provocative voice and an excellent eye for the telling details of his world.

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Garnet Publishing Ltd

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1859643124

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9781859643129

A Land Without Jasmine

By: Wajdi Al-Ahdal,William Hutchins

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