Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Beers & Books CCCI – The Girl from the Casbah

The Girl from the Casbah, 1996

Leila Marouane *1960

4 comments:

  1. Sweetie's father was Quartermaster for the American troops stationed in North Africa during WWII and saw the Casbah. From what i've heard, he was not impressed, but maybe he was homesick.

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    1. The first visit to a Kasbah would probably seem strange to most people, Mimi.
      In this case, the Kasbah is merely a "stage set":
      Faced with dilapidated alleys, women living in poverty and fear of God, unemployed youth roaming the streets, a young woman does everything she can to leave this world and break the shackles of her traditional female role.

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  2. Sempre és bo conèixer altres cultures mitjançant el seus autors.

    Aferradetes, Sean.

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