First published in 2006 by
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Copyright © 2003 by Ahmed Alaidy
First published in Arabic in 2003 as An takun ‘Abbas al-’Abd
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English translation copyright © 2006 by Humphrey Davies

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Dar el Kutub No. 23659/05
ISBN-10: 979 416 004 5
ISBN-13: 978 977 416 004 2

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