Writer, snorter, sitcom watcher. I try to identify the foreign feeling spreading across my middle and reaching up to tickle my heart. It reminds me of the last day of summer camp, or the closing credits of a series finale. I decide that the carrot glow of a fake tan in February is an iconic cultural beauty.

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Three upper class Muslim women tell folktales that mirror their own experiences and perspectives. Originally published in Great Britain by Quartet Books Limited, 1996. Hejaiej is a literature professor at the University of Tunis.

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