Salma has committed a crime punishable by death in her Bedouin tribe of Hima, Levant: she had sex out of wedlock and became pregnant. "Exquisitely woven."-Leila Aboulela Timely and lyrical, "The Cry of the Dove" is the story of one young woman and an evocative portrait of forbidden love and violated honor in a culture whose reverberations are felt profoundly in our world today. Despite the insult it would commit against her people, Salma has the child and suddenly finds herself a fugitive on the run from those seeking to.
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