Explores the legacy of civil war and despotic regimes crippling Arab nations and points to tribal culture and a complex code of shame, honor, and power-challenging that feed the onging political and religious battles...
Parents, friends and neighbours are convinced by Shirley, often in spite of themselves, until everybody is swept away by a belief in the miraculous power of the red-headed child. When Shirley’s Guild is founded in support of her, it is a sect and a...