'It is not surprising that The Story of Zahra is banned in several Arab countries. Subtle as it is, there is a subversive truthfulness to this portrait of a modern Arab family that is far removed from any bland ideal.'..Sunday Times
Literature & FictionLiterary
RELEASED1994
PUBLISHERAllen & Unwin
LENGTH184
LANGUAGEEN
The Story of Zahra
by Ḥanān Shaykh
'It is not surprising that The Story of Zahra is banned in several Arab countries. Subtle as it is, there is a subversive truthfulness to this portrait of a modern Arab family that is far removed from any bland ideal.'..Sunday Times