BULAQ | بولاق

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In which Ursula and Marcia discuss how much innocence American can claim when abroad, and the urge...

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In which Ursula and Marcia discuss how much innocence American can claim when abroad, and the urge to write expatriate diaries in one’s twenties; they also talk about the new collection Marrakech Noir; and about the never-ending debate over Classical versus Colloquial Arabic. 

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