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Open Door, Paperback by Al-Zayyat, Latifa; Booth, Marilyn (TRN), Brand New, F.... Open Door, Paperback by Al-Zayyat, Latifa; Booth, Marilyn (TRN), ISBN 9774168275, ISBN-13 9789774168277, Brand New, Free shipping in the US February 1946: Cairo is engulfed by demonstrations against the British. Layla's older brother Mahmud returns, wounded in the clashes, and the events of that fateful day mark a turning point in her life, an awakening to the world around her. Latifa al-Zayyat's acclaimed modern classic follows Layla through her sexual and political coming of age. Her rebellious spirit seeks to free itself from the stifling social codes that dictate a young woman's life, just as Egypt struggles to shake off the yoke of imperialist rule. Open Door, Paperback by Al-Zayyat, Latifa; Booth, Marilyn (TRN), ISBN 9774168275, ISBN-13 9789774168277, Brand New, Free shipping in the US February 1946: Cairo is engulfed by demonstrations against the British. Layla's older brother Mahmud returns, wounded in the clashes, and the events of that fateful day mark a turning point in her life, an awakening to the world around her. Latifa al-Zayyat's acclaimed modern classic follows Layla through her sexual and political coming of age. Her rebellious spirit seeks to free itself from the stifling social codes that dictate a young woman's life, just as Egypt struggles to shake off the yoke of imperialist rule.