The Lebanese writer, nicknamed "the Françoise Sagan of Arab literature", died aged 86. She was a key figure in feminist Arab literature, writing about sexuality, sexism and freedom. Her last book, "Le Vaisseau de Hanan vers la Lune" (Hanan's Ship to the Moon), published in 1963, was censored in Lebanon for being excessively erotic.
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