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Gaza writes back : short stories from young writers in

Gaza, Palestine / Refaat Alareer, editor.

pages cm

LCCN 2013953421

ISBN 978-1-935982-43-2

1. Short stories. 2. Gaza Strip--Fiction.

3. Arab-Israeli conflict--Fiction. 4. Palestinian Arabs--Fiction. I. Alareer, Refaat, editor.

PR9570.G392G39 2014 823’.0108092

QBI13-600198