woman of ill repute

Through the stories in this collection, Iraqi writer Sabiha Shabar has managed to present women and men as two equals in their suffering and struggle, and in their times of happiness and triumph. She strives for artistic honesty in her writing, as if she were taking from the flesh of reality what gives her narrative table the flavor of our Arab societies, with the dream that this table will be rich with everything that raises questions in our souls and builds the true human being within us....