Hanan al-Shaykh was born and raised in Beirut. She is an acclaimed novelist and playwright, the author of The Story of Zahra, Women of Sand and Myrrh, Beirut Blues, The Locust and ...mehr sehenHanan al-Shaykh was born and raised in Beirut. She is an acclaimed novelist and playwright, the author of The Story of Zahra, Women of Sand and Myrrh, Beirut Blues, The Locust and the Bird and Only in London, which was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. She lives in London.weniger sehen