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A daughter of Isis : the early life of Nawal El Saadawi / Nawal El Saadawi ; translated by Sherif Hetata ; with a foreword by Bettina Aptheker.
Language: English Original language: Arabic Publication details: London ; New York : Zed Books, 2009.Description: xii, 354 p. : ill. ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781848132320 (pbk.) :
- 1848132328 (pbk.) :
- 9781848132313 (hbk.)
- 184813231X (hbk.)
- 9781848132320 (pbk.)
- 1848132328 (pbk.)
- PJ7862.A3 A3 2009
Contents:
Allah and McDonald's -- The cry in the night -- God above, husband below -- THank God for our calamities -- Flying with the butterflies -- Killing the bridegroom -- Daughter of the sea -- My revolutionary father -- The lost servant girl -- The village of forgotten employees -- God hid behind the coat-stand -- The ministry of nauseation -- Dreaming of pianos -- To the circus -- The singing man -- The whiskered peasant -- Uncles, suitors and other blood suckers -- A stove for my mother -- Coming to Cairo -- The long, strong bones of a horse -- Love and the hideous cat -- Art thieves -- Mad aunts and abandoned babies -- The house of desolation -- The secret communist -- Wasted lives -- Cholera, ageing and death -- The Qur ̕an betrayed -- British English and Holy Arabic -- The name of Marx -- The brush of history.
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | PJ 7862 .A3 A3 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5094970 |
Originally published: 1999.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translated from the Arabic, probably part of Awrāqī-- Hayātī.
Allah and McDonald's -- The cry in the night -- God above, husband below -- THank God for our calamities -- Flying with the butterflies -- Killing the bridegroom -- Daughter of the sea -- My revolutionary father -- The lost servant girl -- The village of forgotten employees -- God hid behind the coat-stand -- The ministry of nauseation -- Dreaming of pianos -- To the circus -- The singing man -- The whiskered peasant -- Uncles, suitors and other blood suckers -- A stove for my mother -- Coming to Cairo -- The long, strong bones of a horse -- Love and the hideous cat -- Art thieves -- Mad aunts and abandoned babies -- The house of desolation -- The secret communist -- Wasted lives -- Cholera, ageing and death -- The Qur ̕an betrayed -- British English and Holy Arabic -- The name of Marx -- The brush of history.
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