Publisher's Synopsis
This book includes a collection of 12 Short Stories authored by the genius Arab woman Syrian writer, Mary Richo. The title "al Hub Awwalan" was taken from one of these stories. Arab women literature is mixed with Arab culture as any other culture in the world. Therefore, we discern that almost the majority of books written were by or on men authors. Recently signs of women excellence and talents began to show themselves as poets, writers, and management figures in various Arab Countries, Syria may be the forerunner after Egypt in recognizing women writers. Mary Risho is one of these women writers. The selection of this collection of short stories is a part of Ihyaa al Turath al Arabi fil Mahjar (Revival of Arab heritage in Diaspora) project supported by the Arab American Encyclopedia originated by the managing editor, a well known Arab American scholar, poet, and author of more than 250 books, Dr. Hasan Yahya resides in Michigan-USA, and has four children and ten grandchildren
