![]() She's also an Iraqi from a Sunni-Shi'ite background living in Baghdad, dodging bullets before breakfast, bargaining for high heels in bombed-out bazaars and battling through blockades to reach her class of Jane Austen-studying girls. May's a tough-talking, hard-smoking, lecturer in English. Would you brave gun-toting militias for a cut and blow dry? Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad by Bee Rowlatt and May Witwit is a touching and poignant portrait of an unlikely friendship. Yet now, despite their differences, they're the firmest of friends. ![]() ![]() ![]() A London mum and Iraqi teacher should have nothing in common. ![]()
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