Urban space in contemporary Egyptian literature portraits of Cairo /

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Author / Creator: Naaman, Mara.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:Literatures and cultures of the Islamic world
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Online Access:Available in ProQuest Ebook Central.