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The Baghdad Clock
ساعة بغداد · Sa'at Baghdad
Shahad Al Rawi · 30 when first published
Novel · 272 pages · Coming of age, War
AI-generated summary:In 1991, as coalition planes bomb Baghdad, a young girl meets her best friend in an air-raid shelter, and the two begin to share their hopes, dreams and fantasies.