Chapter SixOnce in Beirut, Zain had the pleasure of meeting her publisher and his wife. At the publishing house, which had put out her first book, she met a young journalist by the name of Marlene who took her under her wing and offered to show her a few pages of the Beirut book.
Zain’s day had begun at the Choueifat School, where she’d been received by the director and Mr. Edward, the literary critic who had been instrumental in her hiring. To her surprise, even the head mistress was in attendance that day thanks to a telephone call she had received from Dr. Manahili. From the school she had gone to the university to sit for the entrance exam, which had been so easy, it appeared to be nothing but a formality. The only way to fail would have been not to know a word of English!
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