The author won the 1995 Women in Publishing New Venture Award.
Fadia Faqir was born in Jordan. Her first novel, Nisanit, was published by Penguin in 1988. Pillars of Salt, her second novel, was published in 1996 by Quartet. As Series Editor of Arab Women Writers she won the 1995 Women in Publishing New Venture Award.
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