Mai Ghoussoub (1952A A A A-2007) Artist, author, playwright and founding director of Saqi, Ghoussoub was born in Lebanon. She moved to London in 1979, during the Lebanese civil war.

Here is a unique portrait of an Arab woman who lived with one foot in the East and one in the West, who embodied cosmopolitanism in its purest sense, and who remained always open-minded and inquisitive. Setting these writings side by side for the first time offers a fascinating glimpse of this A A A 'tour de force in Arab literature and lettersA A A ' (Guardian).