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Marilyn booth is an independent scholar affiliated with the university of illinois and a freelance translator. Read download the hidden face of eve women in the arab. Her many prizes and awards include the great minds of the twentieth century prize, awarded by the american biographical institute in 2003, the northsouth prize from the council of europe and the premi internacional catalunya in. An egyptian classic of feminist fiction books the guardian. The exploitation of women and social change in the writing of. She was released one month after his assassination.
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