Namesake (eBook)

WINNER OF THE JHALAK PRIZE 2025

N.S. Nuseibeh (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
203 Seiten
Canongate Books (Verlag)
978-1-83885-265-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Using the iconic, mysterious figure of Nusaybah bint Ka'ab, the 7th century warrior woman who fought alongside Prophet Mohammed, this collection of essays explores race, identity, early Islamic history, 7th century Arabia and contemporary feminism, moving from the origins of the hijab to the feminising of food, from superhero narratives to the evolution of sharia law. Stories about Nusaybah are woven through it all, as are the author's memories of growing up in Jerusalem, their current experiences of living in Britain and their reflections on being a secular, feminist British-Palestinian woman from a Muslim family.

Autor

N.S. Nuseibeh is a British-Palestinian writer and researcher, born and raised in East Jerusalem. Her interests include issues around identity, ethics, inequality and education. She has previously written for the Atlantic and been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Namesake won the Giles St Aubyn Award first prize as a work-in-progress. @ZNuseibeh

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.2.2024
• Verlagsort: Edinburgh
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: Arab women • colonialism effects • essay collection • Feminist literature • food writing • Gaza • Genocide • Islamic culture • Myth • Nusayba • Nuzha • Nuzha Nuseibeh • Opinion piece • Outsider • Palestine • women writing • writing from experience
• ISBN-10: 1-83885-265-4 / 1838852654
• ISBN-13: 978-1-83885-265-8 / 9781838852658