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Notre Dame De Namur University - Fall 2012 | ||
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Tea in the Harem by Mehdi Charef, Ed Emery (Translator) Paperback, 157 Pages, Published 1989 ISBN-10: 1-85242-151-7 / 1852421517 ISBN-13: 978-1-85242-151-9 / 9781852421519 A housing estate in the Paris suburbs. Madjid is growing up caught between two cultures. At home, he listens to his mother's constant invective in Arabic as she attempts to make sense of her unfamiliar surroundings; at school, he tries to be part of French culture, a culture that rejects and insults |