The beekeeper of Sinjar / Dunya Mikhail ; translated from the Arabic by Dunya Mikhail and Max Weiss.
The beekeeper of Sinjar / Dunya Mikhail ; translated from the Arabic by Dunya Mikhail and Max Weiss.
The beekeeper of Sinjar / Dunya Mikhail ; translated from the Arabic by Dunya Mikhail and Max Weiss.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
London : Serpent's Tail, 2018.
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G 2019/0959
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Language
English
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Physical content
209 pages ; 21 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
N -- The bee kingdom -- In the girls' market -- Through the eye of a needle -- Five tricks for escaping Daesh -- The olive grower isn't selfish -- In Daesh's camp -- Exodus -- My grandmother's grave -- The chirp -- One step closer, two steps, three -- Daffodil, daffodil -- The infidels -- Sinjar : t...
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Publisher
London : Serpent's Tail, 2018.
Date Published
2018.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
In The Beekeeper of Sinjar, the acclaimed poet and journalist Dunya Mikhail tells the harrowing stories of women from across Iraq who have managed to escape the clutches of ISIS. Since 2014, ISIS has been persecuting the Yazidi people, killing or enslaving those who won't convert to Islam. These women have lost their families and loved ones, along...
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Full title
The beekeeper of Sinjar / Dunya Mikhail ; translated from the Arabic by Dunya Mikhail and Max Weiss.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
"First published in the USA in 2018 by New Directions Books, New York"--Title page verso.
Language note
Translated from the Arabic.
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Call Numbers
G 2019/0959
Record Identifier
74VKV0KlekjO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV0KlekjO
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ISBN
9781788161268
DDC
956.70443
MMS ID
991024224319202626
