Celestial bodies : Sayyidat al-qamar / Jokha Alharthi ; translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth.

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Alharthi, Jokha [author.]

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi : Shimon & Schuster, 2019.ISBN:

9789386797568

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Summary: "In the village of al-Awafi in Oman, we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla, who chooses to refuse all offers and await a reunion with the man she loves, who has emigrated to Canada. These three women and their families, their losses and loves, unspool ... against a backdrop of a rapidly changing Oman, a country evolving from a traditional, slave-owning society into its complex present"--

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Print	FOBJGU Sonepat- Campus	Special Collection - Madhu & Anand Bhalla	FOB Library	892.737 AL-C (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Gifted by Prof. Madhu and Anand Bhalla		025651

"In the village of al-Awafi in Oman, we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla, who chooses to refuse all offers and await a reunion with the man she loves, who has emigrated to Canada. These three women and their families, their losses and loves, unspool ... against a backdrop of a rapidly changing Oman, a country evolving from a traditional, slave-owning society into its complex present"--

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