Co-translated with Katharine Halls.
Winner of the 2017 Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation (tied for 1st place, Arabic-to-English category).
“Alem, the first woman to win the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, blends surrealism and mystery in this challenging novel, which opens with the Lane of Many Heads taking on narrative duty” — Publisher’s Weekly
“While the novel’s setting is contemporary, Ms. Alem tinges each page with the musky, byzantine ambience of Mecca and the Lane, an atmosphere faithfully rendered in Katharine Halls and Adam Talib’s nuanced translation.” — Words Without Borders