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The Open Door

£9.99

ISBN: 9789774168277

Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Hoopoe, 2017
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 3.3 x 13 cm

A landmark in women’s writing set during the struggle for Egyptian independence February 1946: Cairo is engulfed by demonstrations against the British. Layla’s older brother Mahmud returns, wounded in the clashes, and the events of that fateful day mark a turning point in her life, an awakening to the world around her. Latifa al-Zayyat’s acclaimed modern classic follows Layla through her sexual and political coming of age. Her rebellious spirit seeks to free itself from the stifling social codes that dictate a young woman’s life, just as Egypt struggles to shake off the yoke of imperialist rule.

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