Domestic fiction books from Kuwait
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If you are into domestic fiction here are some domestic fiction books from Kuwait for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Before the Queen Falls Asleep by Huzama Habayeb EN
Description:
Born a girl to parents who expected a boy, Jihad grows up treated like the eldest son, wearing boy's clothing and sharing the financial burden of head of the household with her father. Now middle-aged, each night Jihad tells her daughter a story from her life. As Malika prepares to leave home to attend university abroad, her mother revisits the past of their Palestinian family, tenderly describing their life in exile in Kuwait and her own experiences of love and loss as she grows up. Huzama Habayeb weaves a richly observed and affectionate portrait of a Palestinian family displaced from their ... continue