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Hijra /

"In Islam, hijra refers to the Prophet Muhammad's departure from Mecca to Medina; the term has come to mean any exodus. Bearing witness to the testimony of immigration--not only the poet's but also that of her family--the poems in the collection create a dialogue between the two world...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Alyan, Hala, 1986- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Ancestry
  • Part One
  • Before the Revolt
  • New Year
  • Aria
  • Wedding
  • Alchemy
  • The Children
  • Invasion
  • Marriage
  • Rapture in Absentia
  • The Youngest Wife
  • Hijra
  • The Prophecy
  • Part Two
  • Budur
  • Azra
  • Khadija
  • Seham
  • Maysam
  • Lujayn
  • Hadeel
  • Reema
  • Zaynab
  • Yasmin
  • Lamis
  • Amna
  • Sana
  • Fatima
  • Afra
  • Part Three
  • Meals
  • Asylum
  • First Winter
  • Plumage
  • In the City of Fire
  • Idols
  • The Letter Home
  • Asking for the Daughter
  • Retrieval
  • Diaspora
  • Part Four
  • Foliage
  • Hamra
  • Marrow
  • Salat
  • Mania
  • Bandits
  • Scripts
  • Solarium
  • Exile Nocturne
  • Riots
  • Transatlantic
  • Chirophobia
  • Forecasting
  • Lions
  • Acknowledgments
  • Back Cover.