Barbara McKean Parmenter

Barbara McKean Parmenter explores the roots of Western and Zionist images of Palestine, then draws upon the work of Palestinian writers to trace how they have represented their experience of home and exile since the First World War.

This revised edition of pioneering Moroccan author Leila Abouzeid’s novella and short stories—which has sold more than 13,000 copies in English—features a new introduction that traces the work’s reception and impact over the twenty years since its first p

Set in Iraq, Cyprus, and Lebanon, these stories shed light on an unusual Middle East refugee experience--that of a cultural refugee, a divorced woman who is educated, affluent, and alone.