Wednesday, July 28, 2004

Look, if it's fiction, just say so

Major literary scandal blowing up in the Commonwealth, as publishers withdraw from stores a tome by Norma Khouri, an Arabic author whose supposedly autobiographical work focuses on a tribal "honor killing." The author has now "gone to ground," as the Sydney paper puts it, while a Jordanian feminist says, "This woman has ruined our cause."

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