The challenge of having Western readers see past culture and gender
Women writers from the Middle East talk about how they're read in the West
By Alice Fordham
Special to The Daily Star
Thursday, August 07, 2008
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There has been a certain anglophone appetite of late for female authors from the Middle East. "Girls of Riyadh" by Rajaa Alsanea, the tale of four young women living and loving in Saudi Arabia, sold millions in Britain and the US, generating a few positive reviews and many column inches for its taboo-busting stories.
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