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Women of Algiers in Their Apartment

Assia Djebar
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Region

North Africa

Algeria

Era

Post-colonial

Language

French

Genre

Short Stories

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Nine stories and an essay about Algerian women before and after independence, exploring how women were promised liberation by the revolution and then confined again. Named for Delacroix's famous painting.

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One of the first major works of Algerian feminist literature

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Nine stories and an essay about Algerian women before and after independence, exploring how women were promised liberation by the revolution and then confined again. Named for Delacroix's famous painting. One of the first major works of Algerian feminist literature

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