The Flirtation of Girls / Ghazal el-Banat

Name: The Flirtation of Girls / Ghazal el-Banat
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SKU: 9780702266287
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By Sara M Saleh

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The Flirtation of Girls / Ghazal el-Banat by Sara M Saleh is a poetic exploration of cultural identity and belonging, vividly depicting the intersection of heritage and modern life. It delves into the complexities of womanhood, love, and migration, weaving personal and collective narratives. Through compelling imagery and emotion, the author paints a lyrical portrait of individual and community struggles within a global landscape.
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The Flirtation of Girls / Ghazal el-Banat

A stunning collection from Sydney poet, human rights activist, community organiser, and refugee campaigner Sara M Saleh

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A stunning collection from Sydney poet, human rights activist, community organiser, and refugee campaigner Sara M Saleh.

With her first full-length poetry collection, The Flirtation of Girls / Ghazal el-Banat, Sara M Saleh introduces us to the polychromatic lives of girls and women as they come into being amidst war, colonial and patriarchal violence, and exile and migration. This searing work interrogates and represents the complexity of Arab-Australian Muslim women's identities as they negotiate an irresistible world full of music and family, grit and grief, love and loss.

Saleh's poetry is not only an inherently political act, but a deeply personal one, charged with multilayered conversations and meditations amongst three generations of women in Sara's family. Her poems dazzle with an incantatory force of spirit, survival and selfhood, proving without a doubt that Saleh is one of this country's most compelling, contemporary poets.

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The Flirtation of Girls / Ghazal el-Banat by Sara M Saleh is a powerful collection of poems that sharply focus on the politics of occupied homelands, intricately weaving themes of food, family, and relationships with those of othering and racism. Her work is described as vibrant and alive with history, reclaiming and confronting narratives of oppression. Reviewers praise her defiant voice and the poignant, moving nature of her poetry, highlighting its ability to transform the ordinary and confront the unspeakable.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780702266287

Publisher: University of Queensland Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 November 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: University of Queensland Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 115g

Pages: 96

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About the Author

Sara M Saleh is a writer/poet, human rights lawyer, and the daughter of Palestinian, Lebanese and Egyptian migrants. Her poems, essays and short stories have been published widely and she is co-editor of the ground-breaking 2019 anthology Arab, Australian, Other- Stories on Race and Identity. Her first novel is Songs for the Dead and the Living (Affirm Press, 2023), which was shortlisted for the 2024 NSW Premier's Awards. Her first poetry collection is The Flirtation of Girls/Ghazal el-Banat (UQP, 2023), and it was shortlisted for the Mary Gilmore Award and longlisted for the ALS Gold Medal in 2024. Sara is the first and only poet to win both the 2021 Peter Porter Poetry Prize and the 2020 Judith Wright Poetry Prize. She is the recipient of the inaugural Affirm fellowship for Sweatshop writers, a Neilma Sidney travel grant, Varuna writers residency, and Amant writers residency in Brooklyn, New York, amongst other honours. Sara is based on Bidjigal land with her partner and their beloved three cats and pup.

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