Shibh al-Jazīrah al-ʿArabiyyah

Shibh al-Jazīrah al-ʿArabiyyah (2012; “The Arabian Peninsula”), Neimi’s second major novel, was semiautobiographical, touching on her own mixed religious background; she had a Christian mother and a Muslim father. In it she expressed her concern for Syria’s future, and she alluded to the oppressive regime…