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Fadia Faqir

“A brilliant Jordanian writer.” (Malcolm Bradbury O.B.E., on Fadia Faqir)

“A compelling narrative negotiates the minefield of family, politics and religion fearlessly but with a delicate touch.” (Janet Davey, on Willow Trees Don’t Weep)

“This is a beautiful book, written in vivid, tender prose, about creating a new world when you have lost everything that matters. Salma is an unforgettable character, fierce and loving, veering between self-hatred and a sense of her own strength, touching and funny by terms. Now I have finished the book, I miss her.” (Maggie Gee, on My Name is Salma)

“Faqir has succeeded in making the tragic figure at the heart of ‘The Cry of the Dove’ into someone supremely human, both deeply heroic and deeply flawed, utterly believable. Salam is a real accomplishment.” (SF Gate, on The Cry of the Dove)

“Compulsive reading. A feminist vision of orientalism.” (Angela Carter, on Pillars of Salt)

“A major writer an extraordinary book” (Malcolm Bradbury, on Nisanit)

“Nisanit is horrifying and heart-breaking. It&rsquo

PUBLISHED BOOKS

Willow Trees Don’t Weep, Quercus Books,

My Name is Salma (The Cry of the Dove - USA title), Transworld Publishers,

Pillars of Salt, quartet Books,

Nisanit, Viking Penguin,

UNPUBLISHED

At the Midnight Kitchen

EDITED BOOKS

In the House of Silence: autobiographical essays by Arab women writers, Garnet Publishing,

PLAYS

Turn Your Head Not (Danish title “ALTID FREMMED HVOR DU GÅR”)

Initiated by Danish director Malene From for Café Theatret, Copenhagen, Denmark

Staged: September - October

The Paper Factory and

Short plays part of Nights Now, which was devised by Alan Lyddiard and was based on an original concept by Betty Nansen Theatre, Copenhagen

Director: Alan Lydiard
Dramaturge: Duska Radosavljevic Heaney.

Premiere: Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, 3 October

National Tour: October - February

Salma,Ya Salma!

A monologue, part of a play entitled Nights Now, written together with Inas el-Deghedy, Atiq Rahimi, Bahram Beyzaie, Murathan Mungan, Alfred Farag, Paul Mattar, Raja Amari, Maziar Bahari, and Lenin el-Ramly.

Director: Alan Lydiard
Dramaturge: Neil Murry
Actress: Karen-Lise Mynster

Books by Fadia Faqir

The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write
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The Cry of the Dove
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Pillars of Salt
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The Stone of Laughter
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Willow Trees Don't Weep
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Nisanit
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In the House of Silence: Autobiographical Essays by Arab Women Writers
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In the House of Silence: Autobiographical Essays by Arab Women Writers (Arab Women Writers Series)
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The Homeland
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Magnetic North
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Mon nom est Salma ()
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Fadia Faqir was born in Amman, Jordan, in , the year of independence. She was educated at Jabal Al-Taj elementary and primary schools until she was fifteen then went to Queen Zain al-Sharaf School in Jabal Amman.

She read English Language and Literature at the University of Jordan between and then worked as a freelance reporter for The Jerusalem Star, a Jordanian weekly in English.

She went to Britain in to study creative writing at Lancaster University. In , she was awarded an MA in Creative Writing. She went back to Jordan determined to study classical Arabic and to begin writing in her mother tongue. She worked as a media coordinator for the Royal Academy for Islamic Civilisation Research (Al al-Bayt Foundation) and the Ministry of Higher Education.

In , she returned to the UK to pursue a Ph.D. in creative writing. In the University of East Anglia awarded her the first Ph.D. in Critical and Creative Writing in the UK.

She studied under great teachers and writers in Jordan and the UK: Khawla al-Ashhab, Queen Zain Al-Sharaf School; Muhammad Shaheen, Jordan University; Antony Crocker, British Council; David Craig, Lancaster University; Lorna S

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