Lit in Translation

The Bird Tattoo

وشم الطائر · Washm al-Tair

Dunya Mikhail (دنيا ميخائيل, born 1965)

Translated by Dunya Mikhail

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In English

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Helen and Elias, a Yazidi couple in Iraq, find love and wed before ISIS overtakes their lives and sells Yazidi women, in a story steeped in Yazidi customs and folk tales.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Genres
War, Love (assigned by AI)
Set in
Iraq
First published
2020 by Dar al-Rafidain
Author's age
55 when first published
ISBN

9781639362783 (Pegasus Books, United States)

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