My Lists
Featured Lists
Hagar Before the Occupation/Hagar After the Occupation
By al-Jubouri, Amal
- ISBN
- 978-1-88229-589-0
- Publisher
- Alice James
REVIEWS
Library Journal
Reviewed on September 15, 2011
In the Judeo-Christian tradition, Hagar (pronounced with a hard g) is the banished other, but in the Islamic tradition (pronounced with a soft g), she is an honored presence, founder of Mecca in her wanderings. Baghdad-born al-Jubouri knows banishment herself—she fled Iraq for Germany in 1997 after having appeared on the government's list of renegade writers, returning directly after the regime's fall—so it makes sense for h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
on onSeptember 15, 2011 | Booksmack!
In the Judeo-Christian tradition, Hagar (pronounced with a hard g) is the banished other, but in the Islamic tradition (pronounced with a soft g), she is an honored presence, founder of Mecca in her wanderings. Baghdad-born al-Jubouri knows banishment herself—she fled Iraq for Germany in 1997 after having appeared on the government's list of renegade writers, returning directly after the regime's fall—so it makes sense for h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
