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TextPublication details: London Simon & Schuster 2019Description: xi, 243p. illustrationISBN: 978938677568Uniform titles: Sayyidāt al-qamar. Subject(s): Sisters | FICTION / Literary | FICTION / Family Life / General | FICTION / Women | Manners and customs. Arabic literature-NovelDDC classification: 892.737 Summary: "In the village of al-Awafi in Oman, we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla, who chooses to refuse all offers and await a reunion with the man she loves, who has emigrated to Canada. These three women and their families, their losses and loves, unspool ... against a backdrop of a rapidly changing Oman, a country evolving from a traditional, slave-owning society into its complex present"--
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Kannur University Central Library Stack | 892.737 JOK/C (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 51473 |
First published in Oman in 2010.
"In the village of al-Awafi in Oman, we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla, who chooses to refuse all offers and await a reunion with the man she loves, who has emigrated to Canada. These three women and their families, their losses and loves, unspool ... against a backdrop of a rapidly changing Oman, a country evolving from a traditional, slave-owning society into its complex present"--
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