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Intolerable: a memoir of extremes

By Kamal , Al-Sqlaylee

Book information

Publisher
HarperCollins Canada
ISBN
9781443401845, 9781554688876, 1443401846
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3648695 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Personal Memoirs;Electr

Description

In the 1960s, Kamal Al-Solaylee's father was one of the wealthiest property owners in Aden, in the south of Yemen, but when the country shrugged off its colonial roots, his properties were confiscated, and the family was forced to leave. The family moved first to Beirut, which suddenly became one of the most dangerous places in the world, then Cairo. After a few peaceful years, even the safe haven of Cairo struggled under a new wave of Islamic extremism that culminated with the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981. The family returned to Yemen, a country that was then culturally isolated from the rest of the world.

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