# The Story of Zahra

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- Book: [The Story of Zahra](https://www.bookquiver.com/hanan-al-shaykh/the-story-of-zahra) ([The Story of Zahra.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/hanan-al-shaykh/the-story-of-zahra.md))
- Authors: [Hanan al-Shaykh](https://www.bookquiver.com/hanan-al-shaykh)
- Publisher: anchor
- ISBN: 978-03-8547-206-7
- Pages: 224
- Published: 1996-12-15
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Zahra’s mother uses her as a cover for her meetings with a lover; Zahra’s strict father mistreats her for being complicit in her mother’s affair. Fleeing from Beirut in search of solace,...