Superman is an Arab: On God, Marriage, Macho Men and Other Disastrous Inventions

‘Literature is often a storm that breaks the rules of decorum and forces us to come face to face with our weaknesses and illusions. Joumana Haddad is a poet who inhabits the storm.’ Tahar Ben Jelloun

‘She might quote Jack Keruoac (“I have nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion”) but Haddad is anything but confused. The Lebanese writer knows her targets and tracks them with a steady glare….Haddad speaks out for those who cannot.’ Victoria Segal, Guardian

‘But Haddad never rants: her real knack is to make her books not only persuasive but readable and enjoyable, too. Somehow, she makes the serious issues of Arab gender politics great fun.’ The National

‘Joumana Haddad, a Lebanese poet and journalist, has written a bold and often very funny polemic on patriarchy in the Arab world.’ Lucy Popescu, Independent

‘In highly readable, self-confident, sometimes funny and even raucous prose, Joumana Haddad aims her literary prowess at the so-called battle of the sexes which traps men and women alike in a vicious circle of frustration and despair’ Sally Bland, Jordan Times

‘The Lebanese poet, publisher and journalist delivers a blast of fresh air into the stuffy room of hypocritical religiosity, sexual repression and patriarchal gender relations.’ —New Internationalist

In highly readable, self-confident, sometimes funny and even raucous prose, Joumana Haddad aims her literary prowess at the so-called battle of the sexes which traps men and women alike in a vicious circle of frustration and despair –Sally Bland, Jordan Times

The Lebanese poet, publisher and journalist delivers a blast of fresh air into the stuffy room of hypocritical religiosity, sexual repression and patriarchal gender relations. –New Internationalist