The Women of Algiers in Their Apartments
- The Women of Algiers in Their Apartments
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name = Women of Algiers in their Apartments
title_orig = Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement
translator = Marjolijn de Jager
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author = Assia Djebar
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language = French
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release_date = 2002
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media_type = Print
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"Women of Algiers in Their Apartment" is the English translation of Assia Djebar novel. It is a collection of short stories celebrating the strength and dignity of Algerian women of the past and the present. The interweaving stories of the lives of three Muslim Algerian women.
Summary of Novel
A collection of short stories about the lives of pre-colonial, colonial, and postcolonial women various levels of the Algerian society. It is a piece about the compartmentalization of women in Algeria and the harems in which they are put.
External links
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2455/is_n4_v30/ai_14759317 BNET Research Center Review]
* [http://www.upress.virginia.edu/books/djebar.html University of Virginia Press Article]
* [http://www.arabesquespress.org/journal/studies_and_analysis/04114014.html Arabesques Review]
* [http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/djebar.htm Review]
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