Jennifer Heath

About The Author

Jennifer Heath is an independent scholar, award-winning cultural journalist, curator, and activist, born in Australia and educated in Latin America, Europe, and Central Asia.. She studied history and folklore, has traveled extensively throughout the Muslim world and is the author or editor of fifteen books of fiction and non-fiction, including The Scimitar and the Veil: Extraordinary Women of Islam, The Veil: Women Writers on its History, Lore and Politics, Children of Afghanistan:The Path to Peace, and, with Ashraf Zahedi, Book of the Disappeared: the Quest for Transnational Justice.

Books by Jennifer Heath

The Jewel and the Ember

Love Stories from the Ancient Middle East

By Jennifer Heath
The Jewel and the Ember is a unique collection of enchanting, enlightening, joyful, painful, and funny pre-Islamic love stories drawn from ancient sources throughout the Middle East, illustrating our eternal search for enduring love and encouraging the heart to sing.
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