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Khawla al-Qazwini

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Khawla al-Qazwini is a Kuwaiti novelist. She has published several novels, beginning with Divorced from Reality in 1986; she has also produced a volume of nonfiction, Letters from Our Life (1988).[1] She began writing at a time when Kuwaiti culture was more conservative.[2] Today she is considered part of the older generation of Kuwaiti women writers, among whom she is one of only four to have published a novel.[3]

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  1. ^ Radwa Ashour; Ferial Ghazoul; Hasna Reda-Mekdashi (1 November 2008). Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999. American University in Cairo Press. pp. 461–. ISBN 978-977-416-267-1.
  2. ^ Siba al-Harez (16 January 2012). The Others. Saqi. pp. 46–. ISBN 978-1-84659-126-6.
  3. ^ Ishaq Tijani (2009). Male Domination, Female Revolt: Race, Class, and Gender in Kuwaiti Women's Fiction. BRILL. pp. 29–. ISBN 978-90-04-16779-7.