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- ↑ Povoledo, Elisabetta. "Randa Ghazy: A chick-lit novelist with a multiethnic tale". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 October 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Povoledo, Elisabetta. "Randa Ghazy: A chick-lit novelist with a multiethnic tale". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 October 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
