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Author
Publisher
Interlink Books
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Funny and sad, satirical and humane, this novel tells the interlinked stories of three unforgettable men whose trajectories cross in Denmark: the flamboyant Ravi, the fundamentalist Karim, and the unnamed and pragmatic Pakistani narrator. As the unnamed narrator copes with his divorce, and Ravidespite his exterior of skeptical flamboyancefalls deeply in love with a beautiful woman who is incapable of responding in kind, Karim, their...
10) Wadjda
Publisher
Soda Pictures
Pub. Date
2014
Language
Arabic
Description
A rebellious Saudi Arabian girl hatches a plan to get her hands on the bicycle she craves in this coming-of-age story from first time director Haifaa Al-Mansour. Living within a conservative suburb of Riyadh, fun-loving eleven-year-old Wadjda (Waad Mohammed) has her heart set on a green bicycle so that she can beat the boys in their neighbourhood races. But when her mother (Reem Abdullah) forbids it, anticipating a reaction from a society that disapproves...
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