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Before the queen falls asleep / (Record no. 492953)

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000 -LEADER
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003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781529415650
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency Kenya National Library Service
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 892.737 HAB
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Habayeb, Huzama
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Before the queen falls asleep /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Huzama Habayeb ; translated from the Arabic by Kay Heikkinen.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 282 pages :
Dimensions 20 cm
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Before the Queen Falls Asleep is a literary novel centered on Jihad, a Palestinian woman living in exile. As her daughter Maleka prepares to leave home for university, Jihad recounts the story of her life from her childhood in a displaced Palestinian family in Kuwait to adulthood in Jordan and Dubai. Through memories of love, loss, family struggles, and displacement, the novel explores themes of motherhood, identity, resilience, and the Palestinian diaspora.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Palestinian fiction
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Mother-daughter relationships
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Exile and displacement
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Heikkinen, Kay
Relator term translator
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type Books
Suppress in OPAC No
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Withdrawn status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Total checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
  Dewey Decimal Classification     Information Access Information Access 06/02/2026 BAI 824.00   892.737 HAB B228142 06/22/2026 06/02/2026 Books

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