"Come what may, I had to become a respectable woman. even if the price were to be my life. T was prepared to do anything to put a stop to the insults that my ears had grown used to hearing, to keep the brazen eyes from running all over my body"

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In a nuanced essay, the Algerian writer Ghizlan Touati reflects on the Arab Booker Prize and why only two women have won it over the years. The answer is as complex as it is sobering...
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