The Story of Zahra by Peter Ford, Hanan Al-Shaykh, حنان الشيخ

224 pages 1980

11 editions

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Zahra’s mother uses her as a cover for her meetings with a lover; Zahra’s strict father mistreats her for being complicit in her mother’s affair. Fleeing from Beirut in search of solace, Zahra stays with her uncle in West Africa—and then uses marr...

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