Khadija’s maid stabs her in the back while Rana’s husband Muafak can’t find the right excuse to avoid a fight. Rami can’t help but wonder whether his new bride is a natural beauty or a talented surgeon’s masterpiece.
Jamila’s husband Hassan can’t forget his deceased wife, until she makes sure he never mentions her again. Um Hussam can’t find a suitable bride for her son, testing each candidate’s sight, hearing and reading skills, occasionally cobbing a feel. The stories make the reader laugh while addressing serious issues such as domestic violence. It reveals the warmth and humor as well as the oppression in the Syrian society. This delightful collection of short stories offers insight into the lives of Syrian women, both the married and the brides-to-be.
The stories and characters in this collection were inspired by her personal experiences as well as her relatives, friends and TV shows.Synopsis She currently lives with her family in Germany. She emigrated to Europe in 1999 for her university studies. Collectively, they take the reader on a journey that will inspire feminist, anti-fascist and anti-racist people across the world.Anna Halabi was born and raised in Aleppo, Syria. These rich and nuanced insights come from a group of women from a nation without a state, who are now scattered across the world. This is in addition to experiences of FGM and overcoming victimhood, life under extreme conservatism, as well as a look into the work of artists, poets, novelists and performers whose work represents a complicated relationship with Kurdistan. Each story reveals a tapestry of experiences, including political activism under Saddam and armed resistance in Rojava's PKK and YPG and Komala in Rojhalat.
This book is a collection of these women's stories written in their own words. From Saddam Hussein's reign of terror beginning in the 1960s, to the fight against ISIS today, violence, revolution and questions around identity, agency, survival and resistance have been at the forefront of women's lives for decades. Kurdistan has had a tumultuous history, and the women who lived there have experienced a life like no other.
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