| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Zeina; |
| Summary |
Bodour, a distinguished literary critic, carries with her a dark secret. As a young university student, she fell in love with a political activist and gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, Zeina, whom she abandoned on the streets of Cairo. Zeina grows up to become one of Egypt's most beloved entertainers, despite being deprived of a family name and a home. Bodour in turn remains trapped in a loveless marriage, pining for her daughter and lost love. In an attempt to find solace, she writes a fictionalised account of her life, which then mysteriously gets stolen. Set against the backdrop of r. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Abandoned children -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Fiction.
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Mothers and daughters -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Fiction.
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Women -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Fiction.
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Fiction.
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Nowaira, Amira.
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OverDrive, Inc.
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| Related To |
Print version: El Saadawi, Nawal Zeina London : Saqi,c2011 9780863564178 |
| ISBN |
9780863564499 ODE (electronic bk.) |
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0863564496 ODE (electronic bk.) |
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