The Open Door by لطيفة الزيات, Latifa al-Zayyat

The Open Door

لطيفة الزيات, Latifa al-Zayyat with Marilyn Booth (Translator)

384 pages first pub 1960 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
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February 1946: Cairo is engulfed by demonstrations against the British. Layla's older brother Mahmud returns, wounded in the clashes, and the events of that fateful day mark a turning point in her life, an awakening to the world around her. Latifa...

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