Fadia Faqir

Praise for My Name Is Salma

Fadia Faqir's captivating new novel deals with the timeless themes of unforgiveness, friendship and travel. Exquisitely woven, laced with humour and social awareness, it hums with the futility of erasing the past.

Leila Aboulelah, author of THE MINARET

Vividly expresses the horror of lives oppressed by archaic patriarchal honour codes

Financial Times

Exquisite ... As Salma's life moves toward its inevitable climax, readers will be transfixed

US Library Journal

Fadia Faqir's captivating new novel deals with the timeless themes of unforgiveness, friendship and travel. Exquisitely woven, laced with humour and social awareness, it hums with the futility of erasing the past.

Leila Aboulelah, author of THE MINARET

Vividly expresses the horror of lives oppressed by archaic patriarchal honour codes

Financial Times

Exquisite ... As Salma's life moves toward its inevitable climax, readers will be transfixed

US Library Journal

Fadia Faqir's captivating new novel deals with the timeless themes of unforgiveness, friendship and travel. Exquisitely woven, laced with humour and social awareness, it hums with the futility of erasing the past.

Leila Aboulelah, author of THE MINARET

Vividly expresses the horror of lives oppressed by archaic patriarchal honour codes

Financial Times

Exquisite ... As Salma's life moves toward its inevitable climax, readers will be transfixed

US Library Journal