Book Features

The book provides an opportunity for a Sri Lankan domestic worker to express her suffering. These pages are a lengthy investigation into the torments of a woman we meet and interact with every day. Hazem Saghieh conveys Kumari's tragedy in the first person.

About the Book

Kumari is a Sri Lankan woman whom poverty forced to leave her country and live in the Gulf, Egypt, and Lebanon. Kumari is not a number or an object. She is, like every other human being, governed by specifications and conditions. However, the life that awaited her was more fitting for numbers and objects than for humans. These pages are a lengthy investigation into the torments of a woman we meet and interact with every day.

About the Author

Hazem Saghieh is a political writer and commentator for the "Al-Hayat" newspaper. His publications from Dar Al Saqi include "Ba'ath Iraq," "The Arabs Between the Stone and the Atom," "Farewell to Arabism," "This Is Not a Biography," "Nawasib and Rawafid," "Satire of Arms," "The Syrian Ba'ath," "The Memoirs of Randa Al-Trans," "Nancy Is Not Karl Marx," and "The Long Collapse."

• Publishing House: Dar Al Saqi for Publishing and Distribution
• Number of Pages: 96
• Year of Publication: 2013
• ISBN: 9781855169722