Category Archives: Dreams in the Medina

Author interview over at Middle East Experience

Posted on 3 March 2013 by admin

I didn’t mean to, but hey, look at that… I took a break from CulturTwined this week! Every day, I put “BLOG!” on my “to-do” list (yes, I have one of those – do you?) and every day, I cut … Continue reading →

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Q&A about my novel (2 of 2): Who am I to write a novel about Syria?!

Posted on 31 January 2013 by admin

Yesterday I posted the answers to some questions a very gracious book reviewer posed to me about my novel Dreams in the Medina, a coming-of-age tale about university women in Syria. Yesterday’s questions were about the education and worldview of … Continue reading →

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Q&A about my novel (1 of 2): What is education and enlightenment like for Syrian women?

Posted on 30 January 2013 by admin

Last week, I was thrilled when someone who read my book Dreams in the Medina emailed to ask if she could write a review. Of course, I said, I was honoured she asked! In order to do the review, she … Continue reading →

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Why I started obsessing about Hope – and e-novel about Syria!

Posted on 7 November 2012 by admin

We stood around the kitchen island slipping our glasses of red wine and chewing ever-so-slowly on gourmet dark chocolates, talking about the people we love. This is what good friends do, is it not? I asked her how her cousins … Continue reading →

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prayer for Syria

Posted on 21 September 2012 by admin

This has been an emotionally fired week. My heart breaks for my friends in Syria and seeing the situation there get more and more difficult. There’s no end in sight. I’ve also started writing a little memoir of my culturtwining … Continue reading →

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I dreamed about Bashar al-Asad last night, but can’t remember if he was a good guy or a bad guy

Posted on 19 September 2012 by admin

I don’t remember much about the dream, except for wondering: in the story of my dream, is he good, or is he bad? He wasn’t a political figure in my dream, he was just an average guy, an average character … Continue reading →

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Syrians who have inspired me – the other side of the real Leila. Chapter 10

Posted on 20 June 2012 by admin

A couple of weeks ago, I posted about a Syrian who inspired me, so much so that she was the basis for the main character, Leila, in Dreams in the Medina, my novel about Syria which is currently podcasting. I … Continue reading →

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On my insecurities as a writer

Posted on 15 June 2012 by admin

I love to write, and I love to blog. I am one of those people who can’t function without my regular forays to a computer keyboard, in order to process things by banging out a series of letters into a … Continue reading →

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Syrians who have inspired me – The real Leila. Chapter 9

Posted on 1 June 2012 by admin

When I started writing my novel, everyone asked me if it was autobiographical, if the main character was in some way a fictionalisation of myself. Well, the more I write, the more I believe that every character is, to some … Continue reading →

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tabouli party – all about the podcast

Posted on 21 May 2012 by admin

     A few minutes into the conversation, duty led Leila to get up once again and offer more tabouli to all the girls. Some accepted, and once Leila was assured that all the girls had eaten to their heart’s content … Continue reading →

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