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    <body><![CDATA[This novel comes from the pen of one of the Arab world's most acclaimed female writers, Hanan Al-Shaykh (1945- ). It traces the decline and tragic death of a Lebanese woman, Zahra, who is a victim, successively, of her mother's rather open infidelity (loosely based upon the novelist's own experience...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59092570">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>&quot;sebuah karya yang sangat anggun , yang pasti akan mengubah prasangka dangkal tentang perempuan muslim sekarang ini&quot;</em><br/><br/>itu review dari san fransisco chronicle...<br/><br/><em>&quot;sebuah karya yang sangat rendahan , yang pasti akan mengubah prasangka baik tentang perempuan muslim s...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48959257">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow-disturbing book.  Very unexpected topic for an Arabic novel-I suppose that's why it was banned in so many Arab nations.<br/>Zahra is one messed up girl.  Set in Beirut, young Zahra witnessed her mother's adultery (she was often brought along on trysts), her father's abusive ways-it's no wonder ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20138338">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the recent pick from my book club and we kinda picked it up at random since we wanted to read something by a female middle eastern writer.  It was hard for me to get into this book because I did not like the overall writing style and tone of the book, which I think may have lost alot in tra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8850008">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was painful.  I know that it was designed to juxtapose the protagonist's mental state with the state of Lebanon during war, but it was still extremely painful, and I found myself hoping that Zahra would just die to end both of our misery during a good portion of the book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The portrait of a modern Arab family, a psychologically stressed woman, and the death an destruction of civil war. Very very good.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Certainly readable. However, my concern is that the novel supports certain stereotypes that may not be particularly particular.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a dark and depressing book, but well written and developed.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this as part of my Tour of International Fiction. This was in the Lebanese category. Not a bad story, but I'd have been just as happy with just about any other fiction book out there. I liked the way the author starts off with the story of a broken Lebanese adolescent, then follows with chapter...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2789399">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I took a chance on this one - got it from my public library's usually sad collection - but it was probably worth it. A quick read, Zahra's story is sad and a little disjointed but just about as intense and introspective as she is. I appreciated the narrative voice, which developed along with Zahra t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/295467">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This novel was intended to be used for a paper on Palestinians in Lebanon, but it ended-up being my introduction into contemporary Arab Women's Literature. It is disturbing and raw coming-of-age story set during the Lebanese Civil War. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[To stop the fighting in Beirut, a Lebanese woman decides to offer herself to a sniper! This book taught me about cultural values but also how one woman's can represent all of us.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A really interesting and complex account of war-torn Lebanon from a female's perspective. Brings up many issues relating to gender and war--definitely one of my favorites. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It remains one of my &quot;favorite&quot; works of Arabic literature in translation.  I'm not sure if &quot;favorite&quot; is a good word for this kind of story, though.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story of one woman' and one country's (Lebanon) break-down. Honestly, the best part of the book is part two, which is worth a quick read on its own. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[let's just say that I appreciate the historical aspect of it and not much else....]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read in my Arabic Women Literature class.]]></body>
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