Sélim Nassib (All press)
- Jul 25 2007
The Independent: "Nassib's lush romanticism conceals a humanist message which challenges conventional assumptions about the Middle East conflict." - Nov 29 2006
Booklist: "This is a beautiful love story that will appeal both to historical-fiction readers and to those who follow events in the Middle East." - Nov 17 2006
Library Journal: "More than a story of ill-fated love, this is a deeply personal history of Palestine." - Oct 26 2006
Publishers Weekly: "A subtle meditation on sex and politics in pre-statehood Israel, this slim novel expands on the legend that a young Golda Meir had an affair with Albert Pharaon, the heir to a Palestinian fortune." - Oct 25 2006
Aljadid: The creatively brilliant conversations feel so authentic that one has to remind oneself that this is fiction and not a documentary. - Mar 20 2006
Words Without Borders: "Om Kalthoum's life is the stuff of legend, and now it is a fine novel. In I Loved You for Your Voice, the Egyptian journalist Selim Nassib presents Om Kalthoum in the voice of Ahmed Rami, the poet who loved her in vain..." - Dec 21 2005
Kirkus Reviews (starred review): "In rapt, lyrical prose, Paris-based writer and journalist Nassib spins a rhapsodic narrative out of the indissoluble connection between two creative souls inextricably bound by their art."