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Namesake: Reflections on A Warrior Woman

Namesake: Reflections on A Warrior Woman


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2025 | Jhalak Prize
2025 | The Guild of Food Writers Food Book Award
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WINNER OF THE JHALAK PROSE PRIZE 2025 WINNER OF THE GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS AWARD 2025 WINNER OF THE RSL GILES ST AUBYN AWARD FOR NON-FICTION 2022 'Essential' GUARDIAN 'A masterful tapestry' ERICA BERRY 'Raw and dazzling' FOREWORD N.S. Nuseibeh's ancestor was none other than the legendary Nusayba bint Ka'ab al Khazrajia who fought alongside the Prophet Muhammad at the dawn of Islam. In Namesake, Nuseibeh draws on Nusayba's stories, comparing her experience as an Arab woman today to the distant past, to discover what courage looks like in the context of interminable conflict. Intimate and thoughtful, these linked essays offer a remarkable exploration of heritage, gender and the idea of home, and demonstrate how connecting with our history can help us understand ourselves and others today.

About the Author :
N.S. Nuseibeh is a British-Palestinian writer and researcher, born and raised in East Jerusalem. Her interests include issues around identity, ethics, inequality and education. She has previously written for the Atlantic and been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Namesake won the Giles St Aubyn Award first prize as a work-in-progress. @ZNuseibeh

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'At once vulnerable and intellectually rigorous, here is an illuminating and trenchant exploration of Muslim feminism . . . An essential read in the war against lazy stereotypes, cultural annihilation and every form of apartheid' - DINA NAYERI 'A wonderful book about the deep backstories and the tangled histories of N. S. Nuseibeh's own multiple identit[ies]. She is self-deprecating and thoughtful and always interesting, a rare instance of a writer who seems to listen as much as she informs' - MARK HADDON 'A wonderfully inventive blend of personal insight and contemporary commentary with Islamic history, myth and culture . . . Intuitive and profound' - Big Issue 'A refreshing, timely read at a time dominated by anger and despair . . . [Nuseibeh] unapologetically considers her own life's struggle as enmeshed in structural violence, rightly placing the individual within a political context' - Middle East Eye 'N.S. Nuseibeh conjures her diverse identities and interests to create a world that is free and hospitable. English-Palestinian, author-cook, mythologist-feminist, at home in Jerusalem, at work in Oxford, and at play in New York, Nuseibeh confronts the divisive and discriminatory issues that dog our times with a cosmopolitan ethic of justice and equality that seeks to build arguments, rather than to win them . . . Namesake explores vulnerability, fragility, anxiety and ambivalence as ways of beautifully coming to terms with the wounds and worries of the world' - HOMI K. BHABHA


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781838852641
  • Publisher: Canongate Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Canongate Books
  • Height: 204 mm
  • No of Pages: 304
  • Sub Title: Reflections on A Warrior Woman
  • Width: 135 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1838852646
  • Publisher Date: 09 Oct 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Weight: 445 gr


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