Revue de presse
'Haddad is a revolutionary, this book is the manifesto. Read it or be left behind.' Rabih Alameddine
'Haddad is a poet who inhabits the storm.' Tahar Ben Jelloun
'In this courageous book Haddad breaks down the taboo of the silent absent Arab woman.' Elfriede Jelinek
'Courageous and illuminating ... it opens our eyes, destroys our prejudices and is very entertaining.' Mario Vargas Llosa
'Haddad cannot be intimidated. This book is a lesson of courage for all those who fight to go beyond their own limits and chains.' Roberto Saviano
'A spirited call to arms' New York Times
'A vivid assertion of individuality, free speech, free choice and dignity against religious bigotry, prejudice and the herd instinct both within and outside the Arab world.' Guardian
'Lifts the veil on love and sex' Marie Claire
'Provocative and sensual' Huffington Post
'Beirut's body language pioneer' --Washington Post
'A vivid assertion of individuality, free speech, free choice and dignity against religious bigotry, prejudice and the herd instinct both within and outside the Arab world, and within and outside Islam.' --Guardian
'A spirited call to Arab women to stand up.' --New York Times
Présentation de l'éditeur
Joumana Haddad is angry about the way Arab women are portrayed in the West. In I Killed Scheherazade she challenges prevalent notions of identity and womanhood in the Middle East and speaks of her own intellectual development and the liberating impact of literature on her life. Fiery and candid, this is a provocative exploration of what it means to be an Arab woman today.
Biographie de l'auteur
Born in 1970 in Beirut, Joumana Haddad is a poet, literary translator, magazine publisher and journalist. She has published several widely acclaimed poetry collections, four of which have been translated into French, German, Spanish and Italian. Joumana is the cultural editor for the prestigious an-Nahar newspaper, as well as the administrator of the International Prize of Arabic Fiction (the 'Arab Booker'). Author location: Beirut, Lebanon
