Ode to the Roman Fountains: Selected Prose of May Zia Dai

Author: (Lebanon) Maya Ziauddin
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: Maya Ziauddin is a Lebanese female writer, a renowned Arab female literary talent, and the girlfriend of Kahlil Gibran. After moving to Cairo, Egypt with her father, she immersed herself in studying the cultures and literary works of Arab and European countries. She is proficient in French, English, Spanish, German, Latin, Greek, and other languages, often publishing poems and essays in newspapers in Arabic, English, and French. Her topics are diverse, and her styles are varied. This book collects forty-six of her representative works, including essays, sketches, features, and travelogues. These essays are thematically clear, stylistically innovative, and linguistically beautiful, rich in philosophy, making them thought-provoking to read.