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Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies Volume 9, 2000 - Issue 17
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Crossing borders: The construction of the feminine in the novels of Bahija Husayn

Samah Selim Assistant professor of modern arabic literature, Princeton University
Pages 31-47 | Published online: 11 Apr 2007

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