Introduction

Samar Habib; Samar Habib

Introduction

Samar Habib, Samar Habib

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Abstract

![CDATA[First published in Arabic in the year 2000 and set in the late 1980s Beirut, I Am You (Ana Hiya Anti) was Elham Mansour's third published novel and is perhaps her most remarkable work to date. Derided by Lebanese critics for its "poor literary quality" and its "immoral" premise that homosexuality is a natural fact of human relations. I Am You is a groundbreaking work the likes of which we are yet to see repeated in the Arab literary world.]]

Original language	English
Title of host publication	I Am You : a Novel on Lesbian Desire in the Middle East
Place of Publication	U.S.A
Publisher	Cambria Press
Pages	1-15
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	9781604975024
Publication status	Published - 2008

Keywords

lesbianism
Lebanese fiction
Beirut (Lebanon)
interpersonal relations
ManÃŸÃÂ«r
IlhÄm

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