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.
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*
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