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Rain over Baghdad An Egyptian Novel.

What was it like to live in Iraq before the earth-shaking events of the end of the twentieth century? The mid-seventies to the late eighties witnessed Saddam Hussein's rise to power, the establishment of Kurdish autonomy in the north, and the Iraq-Iran war. It also brought an influx of oil weal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: El Badry, Hala
Otros Autores: Abdel Wahab, Farouk
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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