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A powerful and moving novel, by the Arab worlds leading woman novelist, about four women coping with the insular, oppressive society of an unnamed desert state.
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In an unnamed Arab country, four women--Suha, who has a management degree; Tamr, who went on a hunger strike to learn to read; Suzanne, who pretends to commit suicide; and Nur, who sneaks out dressed as a man--try to survive in a society where the one thing they can never have is freedom
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