Before the queen falls asleep /
Habayeb, Huzama
Before the queen falls asleep / Huzama Habayeb ; translated from the Arabic by Kay Heikkinen. - 282 pages : 20 cm
Before the Queen Falls Asleep is a literary novel centered on Jihad, a Palestinian woman living in exile. As her daughter Maleka prepares to leave home for university, Jihad recounts the story of her life from her childhood in a displaced Palestinian family in Kuwait to adulthood in Jordan and Dubai. Through memories of love, loss, family struggles, and displacement, the novel explores themes of motherhood, identity, resilience, and the Palestinian diaspora.
9781529415650
Palestinian fiction
Mother-daughter relationships
Exile and displacement
892.737 HAB
Before the queen falls asleep / Huzama Habayeb ; translated from the Arabic by Kay Heikkinen. - 282 pages : 20 cm
Before the Queen Falls Asleep is a literary novel centered on Jihad, a Palestinian woman living in exile. As her daughter Maleka prepares to leave home for university, Jihad recounts the story of her life from her childhood in a displaced Palestinian family in Kuwait to adulthood in Jordan and Dubai. Through memories of love, loss, family struggles, and displacement, the novel explores themes of motherhood, identity, resilience, and the Palestinian diaspora.
9781529415650
Palestinian fiction
Mother-daughter relationships
Exile and displacement
892.737 HAB