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The sultan's wife / by Johnson, Jane,1951-;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Suspense fiction.;
© c2012., Doubleday Canada,
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Sex and lies : true stories of women's intimate lives in the Arab world / by Slimani, Leïla,1981-author.; Lewis, Sophie,translator.; translation of:Slimani, Leïla,1981-Sexe et mensonges.English.;
Includes bibliographical references."Leila Slimani was in her native Morocco promoting her novel Adèle, about a woman addicted to sex, when she began meeting women who confided the dark secrets of their sexual lives. In Morocco, adultery, abortion, homosexuality, prostitution, and sex outside of marriage are all punishable by law, and women have only two choices: They can be wives or virgins. Sex and Lies combines vivid, often harrowing testimonies with Slimani's passionate and intelligent commentary to make a galvanizing case for a sexual revolution in the Arab world"--
Subjects: Man-woman relationships; Sex and law; Sex customs; Sex;
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Watch us dance / by Slimani, Leïla,1981-author.; Taylor, Sam,1970-translator.; translation of:Slimani, Leïla,1981-Regardez-nous danser.English.;
"The rebellions within an interracial family play out against the countercultural rebellions of the 1960s in this sexy, stylish, sophisticated new novel by the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny and In the Country of Others"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Slimani, Leïla, 1981-; Siblings; Women immigrants;
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In the country of others / by Slimani, Leïla,1981-author.; Taylor, Sam,1970-translator.; translation of:Slimani, Leïla,1981-Pays des autres.English.;
"In her first new novel since The Perfect Nanny launched her onto the world stage and won her acclaim for her "devastatingly perceptive character studies" (The New York Times Book Review), Leila Slimani draws on her own family's inspiring story for the first volume in a planned trilogy about race, resilience, and women's empowerment. Mathilde, a spirited young Frenchwoman, falls in love with Amine, a handsome Moroccan soldier in the French army during World War II. After the war, the couple settles in Morocco. While Amine tries to cultivate his family farm's rocky terrain, Mathilde feels her vitality sapped by the isolation, the harsh climate, the lack of money, and the mistrust she inspires as a foreigner. Left increasingly alone to raise her two children in a world whose rules she does not understand, and with her daughter taunted at school by rich French girls for her secondhand clothes and unruly hair, Mathilde goes from being reduced to a farmer's wife to defying the country's chauvinism and repressive social codes by offering medical services to the rural population. As tensions mount between the Moroccans and the French colonists, Amine finds himself caught in the crossfire: in solidarity with his Moroccan workers yet also a landowner, despised by the French yet married to a Frenchwoman, and proud of his wife's resolve but ashamed by her refusal to be subjugated. All of them live in the country of others--especially the women, forced to live in the land of men--and with this novel, Leila Slimani issues the first salvo in their emancipation"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Slimani, Leïla, 1981-; Women immigrants;
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AÏT ATTA: Nomads of the High Atlas (Morocco). by Elif, Eda,film director.; Tekgüc, Inanc,film director.; Green Planet Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Green Planet Films in 2020.The Ait Atta tribe preserves their ancestral right of access to the agdal, a communal land management system that dates back hundreds of years in Morocco. The film follows Ben Youssef family's arduous journey from desert-like landscapes to green pastures along uneven terrain of steep climbs and descents of the High Atlas mountains. An ethnographic story, the film juxtaposes the hopes, constraints, obligations and sacrifices of a family torn between traditions and need to adapt to modern life.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Anthropology.; African studies.; Foreign study.; History, Modern.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; History.;
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Tangerine / by Mangan, Christine,author.;
"A stunning debut novel--a chilling and unexpected portrait of a female friendship set in 1950's Morocco. This is Patricia Highsmith for the 21st century" --
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Deception; Female friendship;
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The black crescent / by Johnson, Jane,1960-author.;
Bringing 1950s Morocco vividly to life, Jane Johnson's masterful new novel, The Black Crescent, is a gripping story of murder, magic and divided loyalties ... Hamou Badi is born in a mountain village with the magical signs of the zouhry on his hands. In Morocco, the zouhry is a figure of legend, a child of both humans and djinns, capable of finding all manner of treasure: lost objects, hidden water. But instead, Hamou finds a body. This unsolved murder instils in Hamou a deep desire for order and justice: he trains as an officer of the law, working for the French in Casablanca. But the city is trapped in the turmoil of the nationalist uprising, and soon he will be forced to choose between all he knows and all he loves.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Choice (Psychology); Man-woman relationships; Murder; Police; Villages;
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Wendy Williams: The Movie. by Grant, Darren,film director.; Payton, Ciera,actor.; Omari, Morocco,actor.; Lifetime (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Ciera Payton, Morocco OmariOriginally produced by Lifetime in 2021.Provides a revealing look at Wendy's journey, from her scrappy upstart days in urban radio to the success of her own syndicated talk show. Ciera Payton and Morocco Omari star.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.;
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The saffron gate / by Holeman, Linda,1949-;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Love stories.; Missing persons; Secrecy;
© 2009., Headline Review,
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Who is Maud Dixon? : a novel / by Andrews, Alexandra,author.;
Florence Darrow believes that she's destined to be a famous writer. When she gets a job as a writers assistant to novelist Maud Dixon (whose real name is Helen), Florence believes this is her big chance. Helen invites Florence on a research trip to Morocco, where her new novel is set, but when Florence wakes up in the hospital after a car accident, with no memory of the previous night and no sign of Helen, she wonders if she should take a shortcut. Instead of hiding in Helens shadow, why not upgrade into Helen's life? As well as her bestselling pseudonym, Maud Dixon. A Dewey Diva Pick.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Women authors; False personation; Administrative assistants;
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