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Title

They fell like stars from the sky & other stories

Other Titles (e.g. Variant)

They fell like stars from the sky

Type

  • Monograph
  • Text

Contribution

Subject

  • Femmes--Palestine--Conditions sociales--Romans, nouvelles, etc. (RVM)
  • Palestine--Social conditions (LCSH)
  • Arabic fiction--Translations into English
  • Nouvelles arabes (RVM)
  • Short stories, Arabic (LCSH)
  • Bédouins--Palestine--Conditions sociales--Romans, nouvelles, etc. (RVM)
  • Women--Palestine--Social conditions (LCSH)
  • Bedouins--Palestine--Social conditions (LCSH)

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Content

Summary

"They Fell Like Stars from the Sky and Other Stories is a collection of short stories celebrating the courage, resilience, tragedies and triumphs of Bedouin Palestinian women and girls. From a woman whose tattoo arouses the alarm of sexual taboos to the young girls whose curiosities of womanhood spark endearment, and from the tragic outcome of a husband consumed by jealousy of his wife's teenage love to the ecstatic love of an elderly woman for the game of football, these stories offer mesmerising portraits of life on the margins. Featuring beautiful illustrations throughout, They Fell Like Stars from the Sky and Other Stories is a powerful ode to the Bedouin women and girls of Palestine and their spirit for every form of freedom."--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Haifa Assassinated My Braid -- I'll Be There -- They Fell Like Stars From the Sky -- Pink Dress -- Ali -- Serpent -- Soulless Cities -- All the Love I've Known -- Umm Kulthum's Intercessor -- A Funny Red Rose -- Bride -- W-h-o-r-e -- The Door to the Body -- Barbed Question -- Three Paintings -- The Day My Donkey Died -- "God Bless Toun Field!" -- Queens of Darkness.

Authorized Access Point

Ḥulaywī, Shaykhah, 1968-. They fell like stars from the sky & other stories

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Admin Metadata

  • Date: 2026-09-11T20:13:24.053509+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 23836933

Admin Metadata

  • Date: 2026-09-11
  • Cataloger id: Unknown
  • Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
  • Description language: eng
  • Description authentication: pcc

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