Life on hold /
Riyadh is a city of masks, a city "like a pressure cooker that's about to explode," a city that sleeps on a pile of words that no one dares utter. Saudi society has split into two camps, one adopting the slogan that God is strict in punishment, the other that God is merciful and forgi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Arabic |
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Cairo :
American University in Cairo Press,
2012.
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Edición: | [US and CA version]. |
Colección: | Modern Arabic literature.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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