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Barbara Ismail

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Barbara Ismail spent several years in Kelantan, Malaysia in the 1970s and '80s, living in Kampong Dusun and Pengkalan Chepa, studying Wayang Siam and the Kelantanese dialect. She holds a Ph.D in Anthropology from Yale University, and is originally from Brooklyn, New York. Shadow Play is the first in Barbara Ismail's series of "Kain Songket Mysteries" based in Kelantan. ...more

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Shadow Play (Mak Cik Maryam...
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Princess Play (Kain Songhet...
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Moon Kite (Kain Songhet Mys...
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― Barbara Ismail, Moon Kite
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