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Understanding Arab American Identity through Orientalist Stereotypes and Representations in Mohja Kahf’s The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf (2006) Cover

Understanding Arab American Identity through Orientalist Stereotypes and Representations in Mohja Kahf’s The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf (2006)

By: Ishak Berrebbah  
Open Access
|Jan 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ewcp-2020-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2067-5712 | Journal ISSN: 1583-6401
Language: English
Page range: 30 - 52
Published on: Jan 29, 2021
Published by: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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