The Women of Algiers in Their Apartments

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Women of Algiers in their Apartments
Author Assia Djebar
Original title Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement
Translator Marjolijn de Jager
Language French
Publication date 2002
Media type Print

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.

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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.

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