Midnight Tales: A Woman's Journey through the Middle East - Softcover

Al-Rawi, Rosina-Fawzia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566565588 ISBN 13: 9781566565585

Publisher: Interlink Books, 2004

Synopsis

"In actual fact, the only thing that matters in life is love, yet the inquisitive mind must be fed a few facts... Look at Baghdad!" commands Rosina-Fawzia al-Rawi’s lively and imperious aunt Fatima, one of the characters in this delightful collection of personal essays. Aunt Fatima would have approved of this book, for as her niece turns her eye first on Baghdad and then all the lands of the Middle East, ending with her research into women’s customs in the Emirates, she devotes herself as a lover does to all the intimate details around her. Whether she recounts a trip to buy a rug, a childhood incident on a Lebanese playground, or explicates Arab poetry, al-Rawi’s collection is full of all that Aunt Fatima recommends—her beloved poetry, the ever-present history of these ancient lands, tender and intricate accounts of daily life, and quirky, nuanced tracings of the workings of the human heart.

About this title

About the Author

Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi is a much-admired teacher of Middle Eastern dance and Sufism. She grew up in Iraq and Lebanon and was educated at the Universities of Cairo and Vienna. She is an expert in Arabic studies and is the author several books, including Divine Names: The 99 Healing Names of the One Love, Midnight Tales: A Woman’s Journey through the Middle East, and Golden Sky, Red Earth: Womens Lives in Palestine. She lives in Vienna.

Edition details

• Publisher: Interlink Books
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1566565588
• ISBN 13: 9781566565585
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288