The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman

A gift and a wonder, deftly capturing the nuance and flavour of these tales for a new generation. As someone who’s waited untold years to read these stories: thank you, thank you, thank you – Jason Porath, author of Rejected Princesses
This powerful epic with its all-conquering heroine brings the world of Arab chivalry to blazing life, in a wonderful translation with a very informative introduction. – Humphrey Davies, award-winning translator of Naguib Mahfouz, Elias Khoury, and Alaa Al-Aswany
An emotive, dynamic rendering that exquisitely captures the spirit of the original text, the variety of its characters, and the versatility of its messages. The Tale of Princess Fatima has much to tell us about what it has meant – in different times and places – to be a hero – Rachel Schine, University of Colorado Boulder
This engaging and reader-friendly translation brings to life a very important moment in world history, capturing through epic proportions the timeless social issues of race, gender, and class – Heidi Morrison, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Melanie Magidow (editor/translator) is an independent scholar and professional translator with a Ph.D. in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures from the University of Texas at Austin. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Fulbright Commission. She lives in Rhode Island.

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