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  • Published 20130604
  • ISBN: 9781922079978
  • Extent: 288 pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

This piece by Yassmin Abdel-Magied, published by Griffith Review in 2013, was a precursor to her 2016 book, Yassmin’s Story.

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