Return to Childhood: The Memoir of a Modern Moroccan WomanLeila Abouzeid, author of Year of the Elephant, has translated her childhood memoir into English. Against the background of Morocco's struggle for independence from French colonial rule, Abouzeid charts her deeply personal journey through family conflicts ignited by the country's civil unrest. |
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