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| 020 | _a9781529415650 | ||
| 040 | _aKenya National Library Service | ||
| 082 | _a892.737 HAB | ||
| 100 | _aHabayeb, Huzama | ||
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_aBefore the queen falls asleep / _cHuzama Habayeb ; translated from the Arabic by Kay Heikkinen. |
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_a282 pages : _c20 cm |
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| 520 | _aBefore 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 | _aPalestinian fiction | ||
| 650 | _aMother-daughter relationships | ||
| 650 | _aExile and displacement | ||
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_aHeikkinen, Kay _etranslator |
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