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At the Drop of a Veil the True Story of a California Girl's Years in an Arabian Harem
Author:
Marianne Alireza
Publishing Year:
1971
Publishing House:
Houghton Mifflin; Later prt. Edition
Number of pages:
257
Language:
English
Volumes:
1 Autobiography: A harem is a female group composed of a married woman's mother-in-law, sisters-in-law, children, and servants. Californian Alireza arrived in Arabia in 1945 with her husband Ali. She grew to love her expanded family and the harem. After 8 years, she was summarily divorced by Ali and escaped with the children to Switzerland, then home to America.
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