Program Title:
The Assassination Of Light : Modern Saudi Short Stories
PRA Archive #:
KZ1596d
Description:
The Assassination Of Light : Modern Saudi Short Stories / translated by Abu Bakr Bagader and Ava Molnar Heinrichsdorff| produced by Diane James. Readings from an English translation of a collection of Arabic short stories. CONTENT: Poor chastity : a woman's brother refuses to let her marry, and her own efforts bring disaster / by Muhammad Abd-Allah Al-Mubari (10:30) -- A Woman for sale : a stepmother sells a young woman into a marriage with a wealthy old man / by Mahmud Isa Al-Mashhadi (9:00) -- My hair grew long again : a woman leaves an empty marriage and becomes a teacher / by Hussah Muhammad At-Tuwajiri (7:45). BROADCAST: KPFK, 20 Dec. 1990.
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29:00
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