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Books by Sophia Al-Maria






The Girl Who Fell to Earth(1st Edition)
A Memoir
by Sophia Al-Maria
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2012 by Harper Perennial
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-199975-8, ISBN: 0-06-199975-X

" When Sophia Al-Maria's mother sends her away from rainy Washington State to stay with her husband's desert-dwelling Bedouin family in Qatar, she intends it to be a sort of teenage cultural boot camp. What her mother doesn't know is that there are some things about growing up that are universal. In Qatar, Sophia is faced with a new world she'd only imagined as a child. She sets out to find her freedom, even in the most unlikely of place ..."






Sophia Al Maria Virgin with a Memory
The Exhibition Tie-in
by Sophia Al-Maria, Omar Kholeif
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2014 by Cornerhouse Publications
ISBN-13: 978-0-9569571-9-1, ISBN: 0-9569571-9-6






Fear Eats the Soul
by Sophia Al-Maria, Omar Kholeif, Sarah Perks, Zachary Cahill, Martine Syms, Zach Blas, Pamella Dlungwana, Jackie Kay, Monica B. Pearl, Jacolby Satterwhite
Paperback, 136 Pages, Published 2001 by Home Publications
ISBN-13: 978-0-9935912-0-4, ISBN: 0-9935912-0-5

"This book is a tapestry of thoughts, concerns and emotions devised in response to the exhibition and its themes, with contributions from writers, academics and artists, and co-edited by the curators."






Fresh Hell, Issue 8 - The Happy Hypocrite
by Sophia Al-Maria
Paperback, 114 Pages, Published 2015 by Book Works
ISBN-13: 978-1-906012-72-4, ISBN: 1-906012-72-5

"The latest in The Happy Hypocrite series, Fresh Hell is a rush of full-bleed film stills,war-games images, oil industry pamphlets and sexually explicit female imageryinterspersed with interviews, illustrated stories and provocative writings addressingdirectly and indirectly the subject of oil. Guest editor Qatari-American artist/writerSophia Al-Maria s archiving acts as a sort of proto-Tumblr. Adopting an explodedintake methodology, thi ..."






The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories
by Neil Gaiman, Amal El-Mohtar, Catherine King, Claire North, E. J. Swift, James Smythe, Kamila Shamsie, Kirsty Logan, K.J. Parker, Kuzhali Manickavel, Jared Shurin, Jamal Majoub, Usman Malik, Maria Dahvana Headley, Monica Byrne, Nada Adel Sobhi, Nnedi Okorafor, J. Y. Yang, Saad Hossein, Sami Shah, Sophia Al-Maria, Mahvesh Murad, Jamal Mahjoub, Saad Z. Hossain
Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2017 by Rebellion Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-78108-416-8, ISBN: 1-78108-416-5

"Imagine a world filled with fierce, fiery beings, hiding in our shadows, in our dreams, under our skins. Eavesdropping and exploring; savaging our bodies, saving our souls. They are monsters, saviours, victims, childhood friends. Some have called them genies: these are the Djinn. And they are everywhere. On street corners, behind the wheel of a taxi, in the chorus, between the pages of books. Every language has a word for them. Every cu ..."






The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories(1st Edition)
(1)
by Neil Gaiman, Amal El-Mohtar, Catherine King, Claire North, E. J. Swift, James Smythe, J. Y. Yang, Kamila Shamsie, Kirsty Logan, K.J. Parker, Kuzhali Manickavel, Maria Dahvana Headley, Monica Byrne, Nnedi Okorafor, Sami Shah, Sophia Al-Maria, Usman Malik, Jamal Mahjoub, Jared Shurin, Mahvesh Murad, Saad Hossain, Helene Wecker, Saad Hossein, Jamal Majoub, Nada Adel Sobhi
Paperback, 356 Pages, Published 2017 by Solaris
ISBN-13: 978-1-78108-417-5, ISBN: 1-78108-417-3

"A fascinating collection of new and classic tales of the fearsome Djinn, from bestselling, award-winning and breakthrough international writers.Imagine a world filled with fierce, fiery beings, hiding in our shadows, in our dreams, under our skins. Eavesdropping and exploring; savaging our bodies, saving our souls. They are monsters, saviours, victims, childhood friends. Some have called them genies: these are the Djinn. And they are e ..."






Hey'Ya Arab Women In Sports
by Brigitte Lacombe, Sophia Al-Maria, Gini. And Alhadeff, Janet Johnson, Brigitte Lacombe Qma
Hardcover, Published 2012 by Qatar Museums Authority
ISBN-13: 978-1-4675-3664-6, ISBN: 1-4675-3664-4

"Hey'ya exhibition was originated in Qatar, at the Arab Games' Athletes Village in December 2011, where renowned photographer Brigitte Lacombe and documentary film-maker Marian Lacombe, with the support of Qatar's Aspire programme, set up an outdoor studio, working side by side with female athletes. After that, they travelled to 20 different Arab countries to document images and videos of 70 Arab sportswomen. QMA commissioned the proje ..."






The Girl Who Fell to Earth
A Memoir
by Sophia Al-Maria
288 Pages, Published 2012 by Harper Collins
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-209874-0, ISBN: 0-06-209874-8

"Award-winning filmmaker and writer Sophia Al-Maria’s The Girl Who Fell to Earth is a funny and wry coming-of-age memoir about growing up in between American and Gulf Arab cultures."






Translated By
by Shumon Basar, Charles Arsene-Henry, Sophia Al-Maria, Bedford Press
Paperback, 136 Pages, Published 2011 by Bedford Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-907414-17-6, ISBN: 1-907414-17-7

"Translated By is published to coincide with an exhibition at the AA, which gathers eleven literary writers and eleven literary places and subjects them to an act of immaterial translation - via the voice. The stories run through Ramallah, recollect turn-of-the-century Sofia, remember the spaceship-looking-Sheraton Hotel in Doha, wander through the 'Metaverse' and end at the end of the world in West Vancouver. Each of the authors invent ..."






The Map of Me
by Rounke Coker, Julia Bohanna, Tina Freeth, John A. Pitts, Claire Frank, Monika Akila-Richards, Bel Greenwood, Sethina Adjarewa, Fay Dickinson, Kristyan Robinson, Rashid Adamson, Sophia Al-Maria, Jenneba Sie-Jalloh, Radika Praveen, Mentorn Group Staff, Amber Books Staff
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2009 by Penguin Uk
International Edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-103892-6, ISBN: 0-14-103892-6

"In today's Britain thousands of people have parents from different cultural backgrounds. In February 2008 we asked for people from any background to send us true stories which illuminate the complexities, challenges and joys of having a mixed heritage - those defining moments which seem to say it all. Then we asked six judges - including the novelist Kate Mosse and Shami Chakrabati from Liberty - to choose the best, most searching accou ..."






Sophia Al Maria Virgin with a Memory
The Exhibition Tie-in / Jeddah Childhood Circa 1994
by Sophia Al-Maria, Omar Kholeif
Paperback, Published 2014 by Cornerhouse Publications
ISBN-13: 978-0-9929524-1-9, ISBN: 0-9929524-1-7

"This two volume set includes titles by artist Sophia Al-Maria and curator Omar Kholeif to accompany the exhibition Virgin with a Memory at Cornerhouse, Manchester, 6 September - 2 November 2014.Composed of the novelisation of the script for ..."






Sad Sack
Sophia Al-maria Collected Writing
by Sophia Al-Maria
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2019 by Book Works
ISBN-13: 978-1-906012-82-3, ISBN: 1-906012-82-2

"'Sad Sack' is a book of collected writing by Sophia Al-Maria, taking feminist inspiration from Ursula K. Le Guins 1986 essay The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction; opposing the linear, progressive, Times-(killing)-arrow mode of the Techno-Heroic. Encompassing more than a decade of work, 'Sad Sack' tracks Al-Marias speculative journey as a writer, from the first seed of her ""premature"" memoir, through the coining and subsequent critique of ..."






Prelude
Ausst. Kat. LUMA Arles, 2021/22
by Sophia Al-Maria
Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2021 by Verlag Der Buchhandlung Walther Konig 2021-08-30, Cologne
ISBN-13: 978-3-7533-0031-3, ISBN: 3-7533-0031-4

"Prélude explores and addresses the idea of multiple ecologies. It offers ways of looking at ecological structures and systems as assemblages and as processes."






The Girl Who Fell To Earth
(Arabic Edition)
by Sophia Al-Maria, Ziad Ziady
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2015 by Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-9927-101-91-5, ISBN: 9927-101-91-0

"When Sophia Al-Maria's mother sends her away from rainy Washington State to stay with her husband's desert-dwelling Bedouin family in Qatar, she intends it to be a sort of teenage cultural boot camp. What her mother doesn't know is that there are some things about growing up that are universal. In Qatar, Sophia is faced with a new world she'd only imagined as a child. She sets out to find her freedom, even in the most unlikely of places ..."






Ethnofuturismen(1st Edition)
(Paperback)
by Armen Avanessian, Aria Dean, Kodwo Eshun, Steve Goodman, Anna Greenspan, Sophia Al-Maria, Fatima Al Qadiri, Monira Al Qadiri, Karen Orton, Mahan Moalemi
Paperback, 150 Pages, Published 2018 by Merve
ISBN-13: 978-3-96273-004-8, ISBN: 3-96273-004-4

"Collection of essays, some previously published"






A Multiple Community
Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil
by João Laia, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Arseny Zhilyaev, Catalina Lozano, Daniel Quiles, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, Donna Haraway, Simone Bertuzzi, Simone Trabucchi, Leela Gandhi, Mark Dery, Natasha Ginwala, Sophia Al-Maria, Valen Klimašauskas, Rodrigo Hernández, Vivian Ziherl, Zadie Xa
304 Pages, Published 2018 by Edições Sesc
ISBN-13: 978-85-949312-5-2, ISBN: 85-949312-5-5

"Margaret McFall-Ngai, “Pacific Biosciences Research Center at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa,” http://www.pbrc.hawaii.edu/index.php/margaret-mcfall-ngai. Jeffrey Gordon, “Gordon Lab,” https://gordonlab.wustl.edu/; Sarkis Mazmanian, ..."






Carrier Bag Fiction
DNA #6 (Das Neue Alphabet, 6)
by Shin, Sarah, Zeiske, Mathias, Al-Maria, Sophia, Butler, Season, Campagna, Federico, Elmiger, Dorothee, Le Guin, Ursula, Halo, Laurel
Paperback, 84 Pages, Published 2022 by Spector Books
ISBN-13: 978-3-95905-463-8, ISBN: 3-95905-463-7

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