SAQI BOOKS

Selected Writings

by Mai Ghoussoub

Mai Ghoussoub A A A A - artist, writer and co-founder of Saqi A A A A- commented widely on culture, aesthetics and the Middle East, and published many books in English, Arabic and French. Gathered here is a selection of her finest writings A A A A - on war (in the Middle East and elsewhere), the sexist gaze, censorship, Abu Ghraib, the city, art A A A 's encounter with tragedy A A A A - always laced through with Ghoussoub A A A 's signature humor and an enduring sense of humanity.

REVIEWS:
Here is a unique portrait of an Arab woman who lived with one foot in the East and one in the West, who embodied cosmopolitanism in its purest sense, and who remained always open-minded and inquisitive. Setting these writings side by side for the first time offers a fascinating glimpse of this A A A 'tour de force in Arab literature and lettersA A A ' (Guardian).

AUTHOR BIO:
Mai Ghoussoub (1952A A A A-2007) Artist, author, playwright and founding director of Saqi, Ghoussoub was born in Lebanon. She moved to London in 1979, during the Lebanese civil war.