Top ten stories of reluctant revolutionaries

Selma Dabbagh is a British Palestinian writer of fiction based in London.Her writing is mainly set in the contemporary Middle East. Recurring themes in her work are idealism (however futile), placelessness, political engagement (or lack thereof) and the impact of social conformity on individuals.Dabbagh’s first novel, Out of It, is being published by Bloomsbury (UK) this month; the US edition is