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The Proof of the Honey
The Proof of the Honey | Salwa Al Neimi
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A bestseller throughout the Arab world, a tribute to sex, eroticism, language and liberty, The Proof of the Honey is a superb celebration of female pleasure. A Syrian scholar working in Paris is invited to contribute to a conference on the subject of classic erotic literature in Arabic. The invitation provides occasion for her to evoke memories from her own life, to exult in her personal liberty, her lovers, her desires, and to revisit moments of shared intimacy with other women as they discuss life, love, and sexual desire. Far more than an erotic novel, The Proof of the Honey is a surprising and illuminating voyage into the history of Arabic literature. Borrowing inspiration from The Thousand and One Nights, erudite asides are woven into the fabric of the protagonist's story and the stories of her lovers. Affirming that "Arabic is the language of sex," and making desire the source of her own personal liberty, Al Neimi has written a stirring novel about the place afforded sex in modern Arabic society and its relationship to the long, rich tradition of Arabic erotica.
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Simona
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The story revolves around love, desire, erotic pleasure, and is a very intimate look into inner life of an Arab/Muslim woman. The main protagonist is invited to the symposium on Arabic erotic literature and during preparations she reveals her personal story and thoughts, as well as eroticism in Arabic literature through history. I do think that this is important book, which pushes boundaries in understanding the Arab world ... 👇

Simona ... and which opposes religious dogmas, but unfortunately the story is lost on me ... probably due to my ignorance of Arabic literature and history. #ReadingAsia2021 #Syria 3y
Librarybelle Great review! 3y
Simona @Librarybelle Thank you 😊 3y
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jveezer
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Ah, Duras. You keep coming up and reminding me to read more from you. This book is sending me off in search of so many books, especially the Arabic ones containing the open words about sex by the early Imams that seems so lost on the fundamentalists today.

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jveezer
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Haha. YES!!! Progress. I read the first sentence...and the second...and I was thinking “hmmm, I think you mean polyamorous”. And then, she caught herself too...

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jveezer
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So excited (pun intended) for this book three chapters in and over 10 passages marked. This is gonna be good.