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  • Two Views of Fadi Zaghmout’s Debut Novel, ‘The Bride of Amman’

    Happy about these two amazing reviews for The Bride of Amman by Safia Moore and Sawad Hussein! ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY Safia Moore and Sawad Hussain give their views of Fadi Zaghmout’s debut novel, The Bride of Amman, a bloggish book on life and sexual freedom in Jordan: By Safia Moore Zaghmout talking about his…

  • 10 blurbs from distinguished figures for The Bride of Amman

    The Bride of Amman is finally out in English and I am more than happy and thankful for the endorsement of the following wonderful people. I am honoured for their words. 1. Hanan Al Sheikh, author of Women of Sand and Myth, The Story of Zahra, and One Thousand and one Nights: 2. Shereen El…

  • The Jordan Times reviews “The Bride of Amman” and they love it!

    A review for The Bride of Amman on The Jordan Times by Sally Bland. Posted on 5th July 2015. Full review: The book cover displays the cognitive dissonance and inner conflict experienced by all the major characters in “The Bride of Amman”. While the title would seem to signal happiness, the face of the woman…

  • The Bride of Amman – Q&A with Translator Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

    The Bride of Amman – Q&A with Translator Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp.

  • Untold Gender Stories in Egypt: Interviewing Mona Al Shimi #supportBussy

    No one can deny Egypt’s influence on the culture of the Arab world at large. In the past 3 decades we have been witnessing a rapid growth of religious extremism, projection towards more conservatism, expansion of patriarchy and inflation of masculinity. The Arab Spring brought hope for change, with young women and men activists demanding more…

  • “The Bride of Amman” Giveaways!

    I am excited about the launch of “The Bride of Amman” in English. It is already up on Amazon.com for pre-orders in both a paperback version and as a kindle version. I have also created today a giveaway of two copies of the book, you can enter by clicking here The Bride of Amman (you just…

  • Jordan re-launched! Dreaming big again..

    Jordan survived the global financial crisis, the arab spring, the war in syria and the emergence of ISIS. It has been a difficult 7 years since the global financial crisis hit the country in 2009. At the time, it took us 2 years to understand the toll of the crisis and start putting our economy back…

  • Alef’s brotherhood aims for a better arab world in 2030: Interviewing Tarek Abdo

    Alef is by far my favourite book club in Amman, I believe that I am their favourite author too. I had three great sessions with them last year; at the beginning of the year we discussed “Aroos Amman” (The Bride of Amman) and had a successful public open discussion about homosexuality. Later in the year,…

  • “The Bride of Amman” is out for pre-orders

    I can’t believe that this is finally happening. The English translation of “Aroos Amman” is finally ready and up for pre-orders. It is already out there on Amazon.com (paperback)! and a publishing date is set on 21th July. I am so happy about the translation and so thankful for Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp who has done a…

  • Fadi Zaghmout’s ‘Paradise on Earth’: Family Dynamics in Futuristic Jordan

    This is a well written comprehensive review by Jona for Janna Ala Al Ard published on Arablit blog today. ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY Fadi Zaghmout’s second novel, Paradise on Earth, takes readers eighty-odd years into the future, imagining a Jordan where we have control over the aging process: By Jona Fras Fadi Zaghmout’s Paradise on Earth (Janna ‘ala…