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Latifa al-Zayyat

Egyptian activist and writer.

Born August 8th, 1923 in Damietta. [ref]

Died September 11th, 1996 at 73 years old in Cairo (cancer).

Occupations
novelist, translator, university teacher, writer
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner