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Название книги: I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Devorced
Автор(ы): Nujood Ali
Жанр: Современная проза
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/I-Am-Nujood_-Age-10-and-Devorced-192720.html
Translation copyright © 2010 by Nujood Ali and Delphine Minoui
Nujood, a Modern-Day Heroine
Once upon a time there was a magical land with legends as astonishing as its houses, which are adorned with such delicate tracery that they look like gingerbread cottages trimmed with icing. A land at the southernmost tip of the Arabian Peninsula, washed by the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. A land steeped in a thousand years of history, where adobe turrets perch on the peaks of serried mountains. A land where the scent of incense wafts gaily around the corners of the narrow cobblestone streets.This country is called Yemen.But a very long time ago, grown-ups gave it another name: Arabia Felix, Happy Arabia.For Yemen inspires dreams. It is the realm of the Queen of Sheba, an incredibly strong and beautiful woman who inflamed the heart of King Solomon and left her mark in the sacred pages of the Bible and the Koran. It is a mysterious place where men never appear in public without cu
Название книги: I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Devorced
Автор(ы): Nujood Ali
Жанр: Современная проза
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/I-Am-Nujood_-Age-10-and-Devorced-192720.html
Translation copyright © 2010 by Nujood Ali and Delphine Minoui
Nujood, a Modern-Day Heroine
Once upon a time there was a magical land with legends as astonishing as its houses, which are adorned with such delicate tracery that they look like gingerbread cottages trimmed with icing. A land at the southernmost tip of the Arabian Peninsula, washed by the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. A land steeped in a thousand years of history, where adobe turrets perch on the peaks of serried mountains. A land where the scent of incense wafts gaily around the corners of the narrow cobblestone streets.This country is called Yemen.But a very long time ago, grown-ups gave it another name: Arabia Felix, Happy Arabia.For Yemen inspires dreams. It is the realm of the Queen of Sheba, an incredibly strong and beautiful woman who inflamed the heart of King Solomon and left her mark in the sacred pages of the Bible and the Koran. It is a mysterious place where men never appear in public without cu
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