Books by Selim Nassib and Complete Book Reviews
Asmaa al-Ghoul and Selim Nassib, trans. from the French by Mike Mitchell. DoppelHouse, $28.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-9987770-2-3
Debut author Al-Ghoul, a journalist from Rafah, picks apart the paradoxes of being female in Palestine, illustrating in vivid and direct language how Hamas and Fatah, on one hand, and the Israelis, on the other, conspire to restrict acceptable...
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Selim Nassib, Author, Alison Anderson, Translator , trans. from the French by Alison Anderson. Europa Editions $14.95 (164p) ISBN 978-1-933372-23-5
A subtle meditation on sex and politics in pre-statehood Israel, this slim novel expands on the legend that a young Golda Meir had an affair with Albert Pharaon, the heir to a Palestinian fortune. Albert is sophisticated and elegant, but his social...
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Selim Nassib, Author, Alison Anderson, Translator Europa Editions $14.95 (255p) ISBN 978-1-933372-07-5
Paris-based Nassib, a journalist for Liberation, is the author of Un Amant de Palestine, a novel highlighting the complex and passionate relationship between Golda Meir and Lebanese-Palestinian banker Albert Pharaon (currently untranslated). This...
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