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Item
of Interest
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The Unfurling
By Nimah Ismail
Nawwab
Publisher's Book
Summary
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The Unfurling by
Nimah Ismail Nawwab
Publisher's Book Summary
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The
Unfurling is the first collection of poems by a
Saudi woman poet to ever be commercially published in
the United States. Nimah's remarkable poetry conveys in
literary English the joys, hopes, disappointments and
expectations of millions of Muslim women and men
throughout the world. Indeed, her voice speaks to the
truths in all our lives regardless of nationality. It is
a voice pleading for justice, compassion and a basic
respect for the dignity and rights of people everywhere. |
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Click
here
for ordering information.
 Nimah
Ismail Nawwab is a Saudi woman poet and author descended
from a long line of Makkan scholars. Her poems concerning women,
freedom, Arabian society, the younger generation of Saudis as
well as the universal themes of love, loss and the simple joys
of life have been widely excerpted online and in print.
She lives with her
husband and children, Aminah and Ibrahim, in Dhahran, Saudi
Arabia.
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