After all, its heroine Shahrazad (or Scheherazade as she is more commonly known) is the most referenced figure in all the world literature I’ve read so far this year. However when I revisited the post recently and saw Hanan al-Shaykh’s retelling of the classic One Thousand and One Nights among the suggestions for Lebanon, I knew I would have to give it a go. It will probably take me several years to try everything on Qualey’s list.
It was the first of many instances of kindness from people all over the world whose support and interest are making it possible for me to access literature from every sovereign state. Shortly after I launched this project to try to read a book from every country in the world, she wrote a post giving me her tips on the top Arab books available in English from the last five years. I will always be grateful to Cairo-based book blogger M Lynx Qualey.
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