Fadia faqir books of the bible
The book Pillars of Salt by Jordanian author Fadia Faqir uses the story as a metaphor for the experiences of the central characters, who spend the story....
Fadia Faqir is the author of four novels: Nisanit, Pillars of Salt, My Name is Salma and Willow Trees Don't Weep.
Fadia Faqir
Fadia Faqir (Arabic: فادية الفقير) is a Jordanian British author and academician, involved in human rights issues. She was born in Amman, Jordan, and her father is from Jordan, of the tribe Al-Ajarmah.
But her mother is Circassian.
Biography
Faqir was born in Amman in 1956 and educated in Jordan and England.
"Nisanit" by Fadia Faqir is a powerful and thought-provoking novel that explores the complexities of identity, displacement, and the human cost of conflict.She gained her BA in English Literature from the University of Jordan, Amman, before going in 1984 to Britain where she completed an MA in creative writing at Lancaster University. The University of East Anglia awarded her the first PhD in Creative and Critical Writing in 1990.[1] Her first novel, Nisanit, published by Penguin in 1988, is set in two undisclosed Middle East countries, and recounts the story of a young girl whose father is arrested because of his political activities, and a Palestinian guerrilla fighter captured by the Israeli forces.
Pillars of Salt, her second novel, was published by Quartet Books in 1996, and has been transla