Amazing Women of the Middle East
25 Stories from Ancient Times to Present Day
Northampton, MA : Crocodile Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc., 2020.
Format: Book
Description: 111 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
"Discover Sheherazade, the famous storyteller, dive into the musical world of the beautiful singer Fairuz and meet Amal Clooney, an outstanding international lawyer. Feel inspired by twenty-five amazing women from the Middle East, who have created a legacy through strength of vision, leadership, courage, and determination. Written by Wafa Tarnowska, this collection of life stories is illustrated by a team of international artists."-- adapted from Amazon.
Other Authors:
Al-Ḥalāl, Krīstal, illustrator.
Haddadi, Hoda, 1977- illustrator.
Haghgoo, Sahar, illustrator.
Meza, Estelí, illustrator.
Esteves, Margarida, illustrator.
Al-Ḥalāl, Krīstal, illustrator.
Haddadi, Hoda, 1977- illustrator.
Haghgoo, Sahar, illustrator.
Meza, Estelí, illustrator.
Esteves, Margarida, illustrator.
Contents:
Introduction -- Map -- Nefertiti -- The Queen of Sheba -- Sheherazade -- Semiramis -- Cleopatra VII -- Zenobia -- Theodora -- Rabi'a al Adawiyya -- Hurrem Sultan -- May Ziadeh -- Nazik al Abid -- Anabra Salam Khalidi -- Fairuz -- Azza Fahmy -- Zaha Hadid -- Anousheh Ansari -- Somayya Jabarti -- Nadine Labaki -- Amal Clooney -- Manahel Thabet -- Maha al Balushi -- Nadia Murad -- Zahra Lari -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments.
Subjects:
Women -- Middle East -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Middle East -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Middle East -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Middle East -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Middle East -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Middle East -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
1623718708
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C BIOGRAPHY Collective Amazing | Ballentine Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
"Published simultaneously in Great Britain by Pikku Publishing." -- title page verso.