literature
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Makarem was in an English literature class and Ikram was in a science lesson when they heard "strange sounds" coming from outside the school in Sudan.
From BBC
These poems from two millennia ago are the “first collection of women’s literature in the world,” writes Charles Hallisey in an introduction to his translation.
“The Great Shadow” has many merits, but it leans heavily on infectious-disease literature that is at least a generation out of date.
Unfortunately, many of the serious scholars who study America—its history, literature and culture—fail to provide a balanced and nuanced account of the country’s complex tale.
Their positions in Oxford’s English department gave them authority to promote classic literature as a solution to modern discontent.
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