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Imprint: Harvill Secker
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Published: 08/08/2019
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ISBN: 9781787301702
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Length: 304 Pages
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RRP: £14.99
Our Women on the Ground
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Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World
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Zahra Hankir
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Zahra Hankir (Edited by)
Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it’s like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour.
A growing number of intrepid Arab and Middle Eastern sahafiyat – female journalists – are working tirelessly to shape nuanced narratives about their changing homelands, often risking their lives on the front lines of war. From sexual harassment on the streets of Cairo to the difficulty of travelling without a male relative in Yemen, their challenges are unique – as are their advantages, such as being able to speak candidly with other women at a Syrian medical clinic or attend an exclusive beauty contest for sheep in Saudi Arabia.
In Our Women on the Ground, nineteen of these women tell us, in their own words, about what it’s like to report on conflicts that (quite literally) hit close to home. Their daring and heartfelt stories, told here for the first time, shatter stereotypes about the region's women and provide an urgently needed perspective on a part of the world that is frequently misunderstood.
INCLUDING ESSAYS BY: Donna Abu-Nasr, Aida Alami, Hannah Allam, Jane Arraf, Lina Attalah, Nada Bakri, Shamael Elnoor, Zaina Erhaim, Asmaa al-Ghoul, Hind Hassan, Eman Helal, Zeina Karam, Roula Khalaf, Nour Malas, Hwaida Saad, Amira Al-Sharif, Heba Shibani, Lina Sinjab, and Natacha Yazbeck
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Imprint: Harvill Secker
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Published: 08/08/2019
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ISBN: 9781787301702
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Length: 304 Pages
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RRP: £14.99
Reviews
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"The journalists in this book have demonstrated the highest professional achievements and courage. . . Without them, the stories of today and tomorrow will remain only partly told."
Christiane Amanpour, from the Foreword
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"A dazzling book that elegantly demonstrates how to tell stories with humility, affection, and truthfulness."
Azadeh Moaveni, author of Lipstick Jihad
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A remarkable book. The voices of these trailblazing women are even more vital today, when the region’s upheaval cannot be explained without local, and especially female, perspectives.
"Hassan Hassan, New York Times bestselling co-author of ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror
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"With steely courage and pens of fire, these sahafiyat – Arab female journalists – tell the stories of their country’s conflicts, providing rigor, depth and insight few outside commenters could match."
Molly Crabapple, author of Drawing Blood
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"In this groundbreaking anthology, Arab women write of the challenges and beauty of reporting from their homelands. They tell stories of activism, arrest, motherhood, joy, despair, exile and pain, and of how they crossed boundaries and pushed the limits professionally, culturally, and personally. I loved this book, a must-read."
Janine di Giovanni, author of The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria
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"The authors are a who’s who of excellent women writers who have done some of the best journalism in the Arab world."
Kareem Shaheen, Book Riot
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"Out of the gloom of the Middle East, this book brims with new voices – Arab women reporting on their world as no one else has seen it, with courage, inspiration, and resilience. A terrific read, full of insight and surprise."
David E. Hoffman, former foreign editor of The Washington Post and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
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"An astounding, affecting collection. Rich with understanding and sincere emotional connection to the people and places that drive the news, this book contains voices that are both fresh and necessary."
Megan K. Stack, author of Women’s Work: A Reckoning with Work and Home
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"A compelling and gripping read . . . Hankir has created a book that we are all desperate to read."
Middle East Monitor
