{"product_id":"farewell-tangier-paperback-1","title":"Farewell Tangier - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSalma El Moumni\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLynn E. Palermo\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bold, intimate debut novel that follows a young Moroccan woman's flight from shame to self-reclamation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For Alia, being a teenager in Tangier means constantly facing a gauntlet of unwanted encounters by men in the streets who look her over, grab her, or make comments about her body. At night, in the privacy of her bedroom, Alia begins to take photos of her body in order to understand what those men see when they look at her, becoming her own voyeur. When Alia's photos somehow end up on the internet, she decides to flee the country, as the photos violate Moroccan law. She seeks refuge in Lyon, France, but is unable to escape the past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarewell Tangier\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing exploration of the male gaze and its potential to shatter a young woman's life, exploring themes of desire, dissociation, and exile. It is both a feminist critique of the policing of female bodies and an affecting narrative of one young woman's struggle with her identity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalma El Moumni\u003c\/b\u003e is a Moroccan and French writer. After moving to France at seventeen, she graduated in comparative literature and wrote her first novel, \u003ci\u003eAdieu Tanger\u003c\/i\u003e, which was published in French in 2023. Oscillating between different countries, languages, and cities, she currently lives in Paris. \u003cb\u003eLynn E. Palermo\u003c\/b\u003e translated Fabienne Kanor's \u003ci\u003eHumus\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the 2021 National Translation Award and supported by a translation grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. For Seagull Books, she has translated Fabienne Kanor's \u003ci\u003eOld World\u003c\/i\u003e. She is an emerita professor of French studies at Susquehanna University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48446943985913,"sku":"9781803096209","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Da9XYg8-hD9781803096209_dedf6f9d-a123-4d71-92a8-1ff592ada1f5.webp?v=1779782042","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/farewell-tangier-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}