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Meeting during a flight from Dubai to London, four people from different corners of the Arab world--Lamis, recently divorced from her wealthy Iraqi husband; Nicholas, a Sotheby's expert on Islamic daggers; Amira, a Moroccan prostitute; and Samir, an animal smuggler--find their lives continuing to intertwine amid London's Arab community. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.
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Four strangers meet on a turbulent flight from Dubai to London: Amira, a canny Moroccan prostitute; Lamis, a 30-year old Iraqi divorcee; Nicholas, an English expert on Islamic art; and Samir, a Lebanese man who is delivering a monkey on a mission he doesn’t fully understand. Once safely on British soil, Lamis and Nicholas fall in love, Samir chases after blond British youths, and Amira reinvents herself as a princess, the better to lure clients at the best London hotels. Through the city and across cultural borders, <b>Only in London</b> wittily portrays the smells, sounds, and sights of London’s lively Arab neighorhoods, as well as the freedoms the city both offers and withholds from its immigrants.
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