{"product_id":"the-slave-yards-paperback-1","title":"The Slave Yards - 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\u003eNajwa Bin Shatwan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNancy Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in late nineteenth-century Benghazi, Najwa Bin Shatwan's powerful novel tells the story of Atiqa, the daughter of a slave woman and her white master. We meet Atiqa as a grown woman, happily married with two children and working. When her cousin Ali unexpectedly enters her life, Atiqa learns the true identity of her parents, both long deceased, and slowly builds a friendship with Ali as they share stories of their past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe learn of Atiqa's childhood, growing up in the slave yards, a makeshift encampment on the outskirts of Benghazi for Black Africans who were brought to Libya as slaves. Ali narrates the tragic life of Atiqa's mother, Tawida, a black woman enslaved to a wealthy merchant family who finds herself the object of her master's desires. Though such unions were common in slave-holding societies, their relationship intensifies as both come to care deeply for each other and share a bond that endures throughout their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortlisted for the 2017 International Prize for Arabic Ficiton, Bin Shatwan's unforgettable novel offers a window into a dark chapter of Libyan history and illuminates the lives of women with great pathos and humanity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNajwa Bin Shatwan\u003c\/b\u003e is a Libyan academic and novelist. She is the author of several short story collections, plays, and three novels including \u003ci\u003eThe Horses' Hair\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOrange Content\u003c\/i\u003e. She was chosen as one of the thirty-nine best Arab authors under the age of forty by the Beirut39 project of the Hay Festival. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e is a free-lance Arabic-to-English translator. Her literary translations include Salwa Bakr's \u003ci\u003eThe Man From Bashmour\u003c\/i\u003e, Ibrahim Nasrallah's \u003ci\u003eGaza Weddings\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTime of White Horses\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she was awarded the 2018 Sheikh Hamad Prize for Translation and International Understanding.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 302\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47249928487161,"sku":"9780815611257","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/b2tpck1RYXYyN0F1cVRjb0pzUnVzZz09_5c0c2c93-bed4-40b6-bb5d-414d5260a5f2.webp?v=1768653168","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-slave-yards-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}