By Fadi ZaghmoutNarrated by various narrators, Ariana Delawari, Vikas Adam, Lara Sawalha, Dalia Ramahi, Mehrnaz Mohammadi
Length5h 37m
About this audiobook
The Bride of Amman, a huge and controversial bestseller when first published in Arabic, takes a sharp-eyed look at the intersecting lives of four women and one gay man in Jordan’s historic capital, Amman—a city deeply imbued with its nation’s traditions and taboos.
When Rana finds herself not only falling for a man of the wrong faith, but also getting into trouble with him, where can they go to escape? Can Hayat’s secret liaisons really suppress the memories of her abusive father? When Ali is pressured by society’s homophobia into a fake heterosexual marriage, how long can he maintain the illusion? And when spinsterhood and divorce spell social catastrophe, is living a lie truly the best option for Leila? What must she do to avoid reaching her “expiry date” at age thirty like her sister Salma, Jordan’s secret blogger and a self-confessed spinster with a plot up her sleeve to defy her city’s prejudices?
These five young lives come together and come apart in ways that are distinctly modern yet as unique and timeless as Amman itself.
Fadi Zaghmout is a gender activist, blogger, and author. His first two novels were bestsellers in the Middle East, and his third novel Laila has recently been published in English. Fadi holds an MA in Creative Writing and Critical Thinking from Sussex University in the UK.View all by Fadi Zaghmout
