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Rose's Diaries
يوميات روز · Yawmiyyat Ruz
Reem al-Kamali · 49 when first published
Novel · 252 pages · Coming of age, Family, Historical
AI-generated summary:In 1960s Dubai, before the UAE exists, a young woman who loves books is barred from studying literature in Damascus and pours her anger into secret diaries, which she throws into the creek once they are full.