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The Smell of It, & Other Stories
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The Smell of It, & Other Stories

novel by Ibrāhīm
Also known as: “That Smell”, “Tilka al-rāʾiḥah”
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  • Ṣunʿ Allāh Ibrāhīm

    The Smell of It, & Other Stories, also translated as That Smell). The work’s descriptions of the experience of imprisonment made it politically subversive, and it shocked Egyptian censors with its frank treatment of sexuality between inmates. The book was banned in Egypt, and two…

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    The Smell of It, & Other Stories, also translated as That Smell). The work’s descriptions of the experience of imprisonment made it politically subversive, and it shocked Egyptian censors with its frank treatment of sexuality between inmates. The book was banned in Egypt, and two…

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