{"product_id":"what-have-you-left-behind-by-bushra-al-maqtari","title":"What Have You Left Behind? by Bushra al-Maqtari","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2015, a year after it started, Bushra al-Maqtari decided to document the suffering of civilians in the Yemeni Civil War, which has killed over 350,000 people according to the UN. Inspired by the work of Svetlana Alexievich, she spent two years visiting different parts of the country, putting her life at risk by speaking with her compatriots, and gathered over 400 testimonies, a selection of which appear in \u003cem\u003eWhat Have You Left Behind?\u003c\/em\u003e Purposefully alternating between accounts from the victims of the Houthi militia and those of the Saudi-led coalition, al-Maqtari highlights the disillusionment and anguish felt by those trapped in a war outside of their own making. As difficult to read as it is to put down, this unvarnished chronicle of the conflict serves as a vital reminder of the scale of the human tragedy behind the headlines, and offers a searing condemnation of the international community's complicity in the war's continuation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBushra al-Maqtari (b. 1979) is a writer and journalist who lives in Sanaa, Yemen. Her writings have appeared in various Arabic and international newspapers and magazines, including the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times.\u003c\/em\u003e In 2013, she received the Françoise Giroud Award for Defence of Freedom and Liberties in Paris as well as the Leaders for Democracy Prize awarded by the Project on Middle East Democracy in Washington. In 2020, she was awarded the Johann-Philipp-Palm-Award for Freedom of Speech and Press, following on from the publication of \u003cem\u003eWhat Have You Left Behind?\u003c\/em\u003e with Ullstein Verlag in Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSawad Hussain is a translator from Arabic whose work has been recognized by English PEN, the Anglo-Omani Society and the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, among others. She is a judge for the Palestine Book Awards. Her upcoming translations include\u003cem\u003e Black Foam\u003c\/em\u003e by Haji Jaber and \u003cem\u003eEdo's Souls\u003c\/em\u003e by Stella Gaitano. She has run translation workshops under the auspices of Shadow Heroes, Africa Writes, The British Library, the National Centre for Writing, the Shubbak Festival and the Yiddish Book Center. She was the 2022 translator in residence at the British Centre for Literary Translation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fitzcarraldo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68030916755741,"sku":"9781804270011","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/5897\/files\/Screenshot2026-11-10at2.33.33pm.png?v=1794339233","url":"https:\/\/www.middleeastbooks.com\/products\/what-have-you-left-behind-by-bushra-al-maqtari","provider":"Middle East Books and More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}