Joumana Haddad is angry. She finds the West s portrayal of Arab women appalling and the image projected by many Middle Eastern women infuriating. Being an Arab today means you need to be a hypocrite, Haddad boldly states. We constantly and obsessively think about sex but dare not talk about it. In I Killed Scheherazade, Haddad challenges prevalent notions of Arab womanhood and, in the process, shatters the centuries-old stereotype of Scheherazade, the virgin heroine of The Arabian Nights who won the king s affections. Fiery and candid, this provocative exploration of what it means to be an Arab woman today will enlighten and inform a new international feminism.