Fields of Fig and Olive: Ameera and Other Stories of the Middle East
  • 1991/217 pages

Fields of Fig and Olive:

Ameera and Other Stories of the Middle East

Kathryn K. Abdul-Baki
Paperback: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-89410-726-9
Abdul-Baki’s stories, set in Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, and Jerusalem, explore the themes of young women coming of age, the effects of civil war, and differences between East and West.
Kathryn K. Abdul-Baki has worked as a journalist and features writer, but now devotes her time to writing fiction. She received the Mary Roberts Rinehart award for short fiction for the stories “Nariman” and “Skaithos.” Her novels include Tower of Dreams and Ghost Songs.