The Price of Dissidence: A Meditation on Creativity, Censorship, and Exile Available to Purchase

samar attar is Visiting Scholar at Harvard University (2003–2006, also 1994–1995 and 1999–2000). She has published extensively in English and Arabic in the fields of literary criticism, translation, migration, gender studies, language teaching, and creative writing. Her books include The Intruder in Modern Drama (1981); A Journey at Night: Poems by Salah ’Abd al-Sabur (1970); Modern Arabic for Foreign Students, four volumes plus teacher's manual and seventeen cassettes (1988 and 1991); The Arab-European Encounter: An Advanced Course for Foreign Students (1998); Grammar in Context (1998); Lina: A Portrait of a Damascene Girl (1982 in Arabic and 1994 in English); and The House on Arnus Square (1988 in Arabic and 1988 in English). Her poems have appeared in anthologies in Canada, the United States, and England, including The Penguin Book of Women Poets (1978) and Women of the Fertile Crescent (1981). Her radio play Australia Day appeared in Australian Writing 1988.