A Bed for the King’s Daughter

Banipal Book Club: Shahla Ujayli’s ‘A Bed for the King’s Daughter’

February 11, 2022

The Banipal Book Club will be discussing Shahla Ujyali’s ‘A Bed for the King’s Daughter’, tr. Sawad Hussain, on Wednesday, February 23.

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