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Title In praise of hatred / Khaled Khalifa ; translated from the Arabic by Leri Price.
Author Khalifa, Khaled, 1964-
Publication Info. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2014.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Library Central  FIC KHA    Check Shelves
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description x, 305 pages ; 25 cm
Note Translation copyright date: 2012.
Translated from the Arabic.
"A Thomas Dunne book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary In the secluded house of her grandparents a young Muslim girl is raised by her aunts but as tensions in Syria through the 1980s rise, the walls are no longer enough to shield them from the political and social chaos outside.
Subject Muslim girls -- Syria -- Damascus -- Fiction.
Young women -- Syria -- Damascus -- Fiction.
Syria -- Poltics and government -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Islam and politics -- Syria -- Fiction.
Genre Political fiction.
Added Author Khalīfah, Khālid, 1964-
Price, Leri.
Added Title Madīḥ al-karāhīyah. English
ISBN 9781250052346 (hbk. : alk. paper) : $25.99
1250052343 (hbk. : alk. paper)