Midnight tales
Subtitle: a woman's journey through the Middle East
By: by Rosina-Fawzia al-Rawi ; translated by Monique Arav
Edition: 1st American ed
Publisher: Interlink Books; Olive Branch Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781566565585
Subjects: Al-Rawi, Rosina-Fawzia B. -- Travel -- Arab countries; Arab countries -- Description and travel
Work titles: Tante Fatima kauft einen Teppich.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-303)
Table of contents: title: Iraq. The centre of the earth; title: In the shoe lies the way; title: Soul food; title: I'm the queen! Chayzuran and Zubayda; title: Wandering pyjamas; title: Sleeping roofs; title: The River Tigris or the world of sound; title: Sindbad's heritage; title: Karbala' and Najaf; title: None of our women sit at home; title: Uneven sisters : Basra and Kufa; title: off we go; title: Lebanon. The land of infinite potential; title: Rebellious Nadja; title: The bite; title: I'm a Christian, who are you?; title: No one shall steal this dream from me!; title: The eternal flow of the ocean; title: Lebanese death dance; title: Lebanon's colourful women; title: Syria. Great Syria; title: The lemon-picker; title: The blessing of blindness; title: The people of the long As and Es; title: The swimming egg; title: A modern harem; title: Syria, where are you heading?; title: The great master Ibn al-Arabi; title: Kuwait. Like hot brewing tea; title: The fairy tale of Kuwait; title: The fate of the world; title: Time in perspective; title: Egypt. Cairo, the heart of Egypt; title: The story of the Egyptian ants or the free tenants; title: People of poets and believers; title: I can't forgive him; title: Let us decide for ourselves; title: The race with the Sphinx; title: The ghost of the pyramids; title: The treasure chest of patience; title: The most beautiful people; title: The stick dance; title: Desert revelation; title: Ta'miyye and kushari or how a people survive; title: The Emirates. Abu Dhabi, the father of the gazelle; title: I no longer know where I am; title: Bedouin in the palace; title: My life lies in the stars; title: The house of birth; title: A daemon in the desert; title: The mystery of the hawk; title: Bedouin on the island