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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
Nawal El Saadawi
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Nawal El Saadawi
Egyptian
Writer
Born:
Oct 27
,
1931
Topics
Postmodern
,
Veil
,
Surgery
,
Plastic
,
Plastic Surgery
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