Haunting the Barzakh: The Wartime Émigré in Ghāda al-Sammān's Al-qamar al-murabbaʾ
Ghāda al-Sammān has written several novels on the Lebanese civil war (1975–90). In this essay, I extend the analysis of her war writings through close readings of her short story collection, Al-qamar al-murabbapublished four years after the war’s end. Where previous critical responses to her work h...
Main Author: | Renée Michelle Ragin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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North Carolina State University, Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
2018-06-01
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Series: | Mashriq & Mahjar |
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Online Access: | https://lebanesestudies.ojs.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/mashriq/article/view/168 |
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