{"product_id":"rose-s-diaries","title":"Rose’s Diaries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice: \u003c\/strong\u003e69.00 AED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/strong\u003eElf Publishing\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9789948765745\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRūza is a devoted reader and scholar, with a gift for writing. But after leaving school, she’s forbidden from joining her classmates to study Arabic literature in Damascus. Instead, she must return to her father’s house in the Shindagha district of Dubai, and await her family’s decisions on her future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s the mid-1960s – a time of independence movements and the rise of Arab nationalism, before the founding of the United Arab Emirates. Rūza watches and listens in silence, pouring out her anger in her secret diaries. She tosses the notebooks into the waters of Dubai’s Creek, since it is shameful for a woman to write so creatively, but she longs for the freedom to express herself…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReem Al Kamali is an award-winning a scholar and novelist from the UAE. Her previous books include The Dalma Statue, winner of the Sharjah Award for Creative Writing, and The Sultanate of Hormuz, winner of the Al Owais Prize for Creativity. Rose’s Diaries was the first Emirati novel to be shortisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eLocation: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eC-3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kutubna Cultural Center","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51875417882906,"sku":null,"price":69.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/5561\/7562\/files\/Screenshot2026-03-28113503.png?v=1774683321","url":"https:\/\/www.kutubna.ae\/products\/rose-s-diaries","provider":"Kutubna Cultural Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}