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Brodeck’s Report – Philippe Claudel (2009)

See? This is why I’m delighted to be part of a book group. If Dovegrey Reader hadn’t suggested Philippe Claudel’s Brodeck’s Report for the Not the TV Book Group, then it would have passed me by completely. I had barely heard of it, let alone actually considered reading it, and if I’m perfectly frank I [...]

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February 16, 2010 in book thoughts, fiction, not the tv book group, translation
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The Battle Against Brutality: Women’s Rights in Iraq

Found this article in The Guardian this afternoon. Nadje Al-Ali has written a book called What Kind of Liberation?: Women and the Occupation of Iraq along with Nicola Pratt. It’s published by University of California Press.
In her book she highlights the fact that, as a result of consecutive wars, the Iraqi population is now disproportionately [...]

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January 28, 2009 in feminism, politics
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