BOOKS BOOK REVIEWS Poet and Iraqi exile Dunya Mikhail’s book ‘The Beekeeper’ serves as testimony for the victims of ISIS She devotes much of ‘The Beekeeper’ to transcribing the stories of the Yazidi women of northern Iraq who have ...
Read More »The Rumpus, interview by Emily Robbins
THE RUMPUS MINI-INTERVIEW PROJECT #128: DUNYA MIKHAIL BY EMILY ROBBINS March 22nd, 2018 I first became aware of Dunya Mikhail through her poem “The Iraqi Nights,” translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid. The poem begins: In the first year of ...
Read More »Genocide and the Benevolence of ‘The Beekeeper’
BOOKS Genocide and the Benevolence of ‘The Beekeeper’ JENNY BHATT USING TECHNIQUES APPLIED IN HIS WORK, AN IRAQI BEEKEEPER RESCUED YAZIDI AND CHRISTIAN MINORITY WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM DAESH DURING THE RECENT SINJAR MASSACRES. THE BEEKEEPER: ...
Read More »The Christian Science Monitor picks 10 best books of March
BOOKS BOOK REVIEWS 10 best books of March: the Monitor’s picks From a young Picasso to a Chinese couple seeking new lives in the US to the travails of the Yazidi women of Iraq – the Monitor’s ’10 best books ...
Read More »Foreword review by Paige Van De Winkle
foreword reviews /the-beekeeper/ THE BEEKEEPER RESCUING THE STOLEN WOMEN OF IRAQ Dunya Mikhail Max Weiss (Translator) New Directions (Mar 27, 2018) Softcover $16.99 (240pp) 978-0-8112-2612-7 The Beekeeper is Dunya Mikhail’s haunting account of Abdullah, who devoted his life to ...
Read More »Booktrib review by Jessica Chang
BookTrib Review: ‘The Beekeeper’ Highlights Perseverance, Bravery and Strength
Read More »“Powerful and heartbreaking” says Publishers Weekly
View Full Version of PW.com » BEST BOOKS AUTHORS PUBLISHERS WEEKLY The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq Dunya Mikhail, trans. from the Arabic by Max Weiss and Dunya Mikhail. New Directions, $16.95 trade paper (240p) ...
Read More »The Beekeeper Kirkus Review
THE BEEKEEPER Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq by Dunya Mikhail ; translated by Max WeissDunya Mikhail BUY NOW FROM AMAZON BARNES & NOBLE LOCAL BOOKSELLER KIRKUS REVIEW An Iraqi journalist and poet long resident in New York returns to ...
Read More »“The Beekeeper” in Publishers Weekly’s lists of top ten
The Publishers Weekly listed “The Beekeeper” in their lists of top ten (2018, spring and summer): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/75589-spring-2018-announcements-history.html
Read More »The Washington Post, Ron Charles
Books Poet Dunya Mikhail fled Iraq — but still carries home with her By Ron Charles February 23, 2016 Dunya Mikhail’s life straddles the divide of exile. It’s a divide reflected in the structure of her celebrated memoir, “Diary of ...
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