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- ↑ Derrida, Jacques; Fathy, Safaa (2000). Tourner les mots : au bord d'un film. Paris. ISBN 9782718605401.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Cavitch, Max (2021). Specters of Translation: Jacques Derrida, Safaa Fathy, and Nom à la mer. Oxford Literary Review 43.2: 209-48.
