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Book Synopsis
This collection of Ibtihal Salem's writing provides an excellent forum for studying both everyday life in Egypt and current literary experimentation in the Middle East.

Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Arabi
  • Anticipation
  • Behind Closed Doors
  • Making Bets
  • February
  • The Work Gang
  • Palm Trees and the Sea
  • Shadow Puppets
  • Tea Grown Cold
  • A Toast to the Full Moon
  • Cusp
  • Bags of Candy
  • Rage
  • My Friend "Patriot"
  • Little Things Don't Lie
  • Crumbs
  • An Empty Tin Can
  • The Shape of Prison
  • The Handsomest Portrait She Had Ever Seen
  • Rape
  • Everyday Duty
  • Threads of Thought
  • Open Wound
  • Songs from the Tree's Core
  • Pangs
  • Fire
  • Kite Full of Color
  • Lost Harbor
  • Song of the Wounded Heart
  • Glass Barricades
  • Nothing at All
  • Bitter Mirth
  • Short-lived Moments
  • Passage
  • The Boot

Children of the Waters

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    A Paperback / softback by Ibtihal Salem, Marilyn Booth

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/01/2003
      ISBN13: 9780292777736, 978-0292777736
      ISBN10: 0292777736

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This collection of Ibtihal Salem's writing provides an excellent forum for studying both everyday life in Egypt and current literary experimentation in the Middle East.

      Table of Contents
      • Introduction
      • Arabi
      • Anticipation
      • Behind Closed Doors
      • Making Bets
      • February
      • The Work Gang
      • Palm Trees and the Sea
      • Shadow Puppets
      • Tea Grown Cold
      • A Toast to the Full Moon
      • Cusp
      • Bags of Candy
      • Rage
      • My Friend "Patriot"
      • Little Things Don't Lie
      • Crumbs
      • An Empty Tin Can
      • The Shape of Prison
      • The Handsomest Portrait She Had Ever Seen
      • Rape
      • Everyday Duty
      • Threads of Thought
      • Open Wound
      • Songs from the Tree's Core
      • Pangs
      • Fire
      • Kite Full of Color
      • Lost Harbor
      • Song of the Wounded Heart
      • Glass Barricades
      • Nothing at All
      • Bitter Mirth
      • Short-lived Moments
      • Passage
      • The Boot

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