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Articoli e Recensioni pubblicati per La rivista di Arablit
Articoli e Recensioni pubblicati per La rivista di Arablit
(al-Diglah fī ‘arāǧīnihā: palm trees and freedom in southern Tunisia) in La rivista di Arablit, a. XI, n. 21-22, giugno-dicembre 2021, pp. 101-113. al-Diglah1 fī ‘arāǧīnihā (Dates in its Branches, 1969), by al-Bašīr Ḫurayyif (1917-1983), set in the south-western region of Tunisia, spans over two decades, till around 1930. All the novel’s characters, living in a backward social environment, have to fight hard to get their own spaces of freedom. Makkī and al-‘Aṭrā’, the protagonists, after spending a quiet childhood in their oasis, are separated, then marry each other but only for a short time, to end [...]
