The Sand Fish: A Novel from Dubai
About the book
Young Noora becomes the third wife of an older pearl merchant and struggles to retain her independence.
Asia · FIRST READING PATHS
United Arab Emirates
Maha Gargash is a Dubai native who made documentaries about Emirati culture. Her debut novel returns to the 1950s, as the old world of pearl divers began to change. That Other Me, also available in Polish, moves to 1990s Dubai and Cairo. These two Gargash novels offer an initial route through changing women’s and family lives in the Emirates.
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- The Sand Fish: A Novel from DubaiMaha Gargash
- The DieselThani Al-Suwaidi
- Dubai TalesMohammad Al Murr
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That Other Me
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Secrets and patriarchal control fracture a wealthy Emirati family in 1990s Dubai and Cairo.
The Diesel
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An experimental novella explores desire, identity and a society reshaped by the petroleum boom.
Dubai Tales
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Stories of love, marriage and human frailty unfold against Dubai’s transformation.
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