They Fell Like Stars From the Sky & Other Stories

Sheikha Helawy was born in an unrecognised Bedouin village near Haifa before moving to Jaffa, Israel. She is a lecturer in Arab Feminism at Ben Goreon University and also writes fiction and poetry. Her work has been translated into German, French and Bulgarian, and she was awarded an Arabic short story award in 2019-20.Nancy Roberts is a multi-award-winning freelance Arabic-to-English translator and editor. In addition to novels, she enjoys translating materials on political, economic and environmental issues, human rights, international development, Islamic thought and movements, and interreligious dialogue. Nancy lived across the Middle East for twenty-five years in Lebanon, Kuwait and Jordan, and is now based in the Chicago suburbs.Anna Morrison is a UK-based book cover designer, art director and sometime illustrator. She has spent many years working in-house for various publishers such as Penguin Random House, 4th Estate and Pushkin Press. Morrison is now freelance and work for many publishers worldwide.

“strident, autobiographical and political” The Guardian;“feels like an act of love” ArabLit;“an intimate portrait of the inner worlds of Bedouiness” The New Arab

• Translator's Note 1. Haifa Assassinated My Braid 2. I'll Be There3. They Fell Like Stars From the Sky 4. Pink Dress5. Ali 6. Serpent 7. Soulless Cities 8. "All the Love I've Known" 9. Umm Kulthum's Intercessor 10. A Funny Red Rose 11. Bride 12. W - h - o - r - e 13. The Door to the Body 14. Barbed Question 15. Three Paintings 16. The Day My Donkey Died 17. God Bless Toun Field! 18. Queens of Darkness Acknowledgements