The eye of the mirrorThe Arab Women Writers series presents the best of contemporary fiction from the Middle East; its Series Editor Dr. Fadia Faqir was awarded the Women in Publishing 1995 New Venture Award. Taken from the quiet sanctuary of a convent school, where she works as a maid, Aisha is thrown back into the chaotic world of her parent's home in the Tal Ezza'tar refugee camp when the Lebanese civil war begins. From then on she is caught up in a series of