{"product_id":"the-hidden-light-of-objects-paperback-1","title":"The Hidden Light of Objects - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMai Al-Nakib\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young girl, renamed Amerika in honour of the US role in the liberation of Kuwait, finds her name has become a barometer of her country's growing hostility towards the West. A self-conscious Palestinian teenager is drawn into a botched suicide bombing by two belligerent classmates. A middle-aged man dying from cancer looks back on his extramarital affairs and the abiding forgiveness of his wife. A Kuwaiti woman returns to her family after being held captive in Iraq for a decade. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe headlines tell of war, unrest and religious clashes. But if you look beyond them you will see life in the Middle East as it is really lived - adolescent love, the fragility of marriage, pain of the most quotidian kind. Mai Al-Nakib's luminous stories unveil the lives of ordinary people - and the power of objects to hold extraordinary memories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMai Al-Nakib is the author of \u003ci\u003eAn Unlasting Home\u003c\/i\u003e (Saqi Books, 2023). Her short stories have appeared in publications including 'Ninth Letter', 'The First Line', 'After the Pause' and \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Light of Objects\u003c\/i\u003e won the Edinburgh International Book Festival's First Book Award in 2014. She holds a PhD in English from Brown University and teaches English and comparative literature at Kuwait University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 7.72 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47266828779769,"sku":"9781849250856","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/91h-aO-C0o9781849250856_ce02f9c5-e223-4662-9af6-e7e1adc07185.webp?v=1768857433","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-hidden-light-of-objects-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}