Short story books from Kuwait
Recommended short story books (1)
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If you are into short story here are some short story books from Kuwait for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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The Hidden Light of Objects by Mai Al-Nakib EN
Description:
A young girl, renamed Amerika in honour of the US role in the liberation of Kuwait, finds her name has become a barometer of her country’s growing hostility towards the West. A self-conscious Palestinian teenager is drawn into a botched suicide bombing by two belligerent classmates. A middle-aged man dying from cancer looks back on his extramarital affairs and the abiding forgiveness of his wife. A Kuwaiti woman returns to her family after being held captive in Iraq for a decade. The headlines tell of war, unrest and religious clashes. But if you look beyond them you may see life in the Middle... continue