North Africa
Algeria
Contemporary
Arabic
Fiction
A love story set against Algeria's struggle for independence and its troubled aftermath. The first Arabic novel to be written by an Algerian woman, it became the bestselling Arabic novel of its time.
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The best-selling Arabic novel written by a woman; Mosteghanemi is considered the most widely-read Arabic novelist
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editorial-summarynot primary textA love story set against Algeria's struggle for independence and its troubled aftermath. The first Arabic novel to be written by an Algerian woman, it became the bestselling Arabic novel of its time. The best-selling Arabic novel written by a woman; Mosteghanemi is considered the most widely-read Arabic novelist
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