Fadia Faqir page

Biography (from her publishers Transworld): Fadia Faqir is a Jordian/British writer and defender of human rights, especially women’s rights in the Arab world. She is the author of Nisanit, Pillars of Salt, and My Name is Salma (2008 – called The Cry of the Dove in the US). In 1990, the University of East Anglia awarded her the first Ph.D in Critical and Creative Writing. Brought up in Amman, she now lives with her husband in Durham.

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‘As soon as the fresh air touched my hair I began to cry’ – Fadia Faqir’s account of how she fought the veil in a piece for The Guardian

Where is the ‘W’ factor? Women and the War on Afghanistan – an excellent essay by Fadia Faqir

‘Divorce cost me my son’ – an interview with Fadia Faqir in The Northern Echo

Literature Northeast – has a profile of Fadia Faqir

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