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The ‘branded Parisian’ needs to be reconstructed as ‘it’s been a long time since she’s looked like Brigitte Bardot’
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Giving hard-hit workers a temporary financial cushion in a crisis is what socially progressive countries do
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A second novel by the Syrian author proves to be a laboured love story rife with cliches
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Women lead in prestigious French literary awards
Leila Slimani wins the Prix Goncourt and Prix Renaudot awarded to Yasmina Reza
Sex, addiction and shattering tradition in Moroccan literature
Moroccan author Leila Slimani has taken a bold step in writing about a bored woman addicted to sex at a time when publishers in the region expect her to ‘describe sand dunes and camels’, and women's sexuality is an explosive topic in her country and the wider Muslim world
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