Lebanon-based Oweidat Publishing and Printing House held a book signing ceremony yesterday for journalist and writer Hanan Badie in its pavilion at the 33rd session of the Doha International Book Fair (DIBF), held at Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre (DECC) from May 9-18 under the theme *Knowledge Builds Civilisations.
“Today we are devoting a signing ceremony for two of my new books, *A Woman’s Claws and *Love in the Time of Corona,” Badie told *Gulf Times.
“*A Woman's Claws is a collection of stories from reality,” she said. “The idea of the book is that we may seem to be one person, if we exchange roles and circumstances.”
“They are stories from reality, in which I breathed my soul into them and dressed them with my suffering,” Badie continued. “I whispered to them my doubts and thoughts. They are characters whom I met, and sometimes did not meet, and sometimes I lived with them.”
“Another character, I betrayed her one day in some situation, and I left my pen to guide me with the rest of the world of imagination, but I was no longer innocent,” she added. “I and they were one when I was on paper, they were all like me, and they were me. Then it was as if I had written their stories and had not yet written mine in this collection.”
On *Love in the Time of Corona, she said: “The (coronavirus pandemic) period will remain throughout history. It will remain a milestone, like the novel, which documents a period of time during which people suffered from an epidemic.”
“*Love in the Time of Corona is a collection of diverse articles ... more than one article are about the country's atmosphere (during the pandemic), which I wrote directly following the epidemic,” Badie said. “I dealt with the idea that this coronavirus has awakened us to the fact that we are threatened at every moment of our lives, and that death may not ask for permission.”
“If we are in a hurry to leave life with a tranquil conscience, what about our loved ones? Are we prepared to lose them at any moment?” she posed. “This is the idea of the article, and the book includes a collection of social articles of a philosophical nature.”
Badie introduced herself as a comprehensive writer who writes articles, poetry, and short stories, and has always been passionate about writing.
*A Woman’s Claws is published by Oweidat Publishing and Printing House.
Badie said that she has a fruitful professional relationship with Oweidat Publishing and Printing House, and expressed thanks for the endless support from director Ahmed Oweidat.
