| Description |
1 online resource (302 p.) |
| Contents |
Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Three Knocks -- December 1979 -- June 1975 -- October 1980 -- Three Other Knocks -- 1977 -- March 1977 -- April 1977 -- Three Other Knocks -- November 1976 -- April 1977 -- December 1977 -- Three New Knocks -- August 1977 -- July 1979 -- August 1977 -- Glossary |
| Summary |
What was it like to live in Iraq before the earth-shaking events of the end of the twentieth century? The mid-seventies to the late eighties witnessed Saddam Hussein's rise to power, the establishment of Kurdish autonomy in the north, and the Iraq-Iran war. It also brought an influx of oil wealth and a parallel influx of Arab talent, including many Egyptians. The narrator has a behind-the-scenes view of what was really happening at a critical juncture in the history of the region. Moreover, she has a mystery to solve: an Iraqi woman, a communist journalist, has disappeared.. |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Egyptians -- Iraq -- Fiction
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Egyptians.
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| SUBJECT |
Iraq -- History -- 1979-1991 -- Fiction
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| Subject |
Iraq.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Abdel Wahab, Farouk
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| ISBN |
9781617975554 |
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1617975559 |
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