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Cecile Yazbek Cecile Yazbek i(A111101 works by) (a.k.a. Cecile Isobel Yazbek; Cecile Yazbek Scholtz)
Born: Established: 1953
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South Africa,
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Southern Africa, Africa, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1986
Heritage: Lebanese
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1 y separately published work icon Faces in the Forest Cecile Yazbek , Asquith : Cecile Yazbek , 2018 14963709 2018 single work novel

'Faces in the Forest talks of second-generation Lebanese migrants negotiating family traumas, imposed cultural practices and values within Apartheid South Africa during the 1970s. A wealth of characters and their intimate stories are recounted with honesty and humour.' (Publication summary)
1 Crossing Cultures Cecile Yazbek , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , October no. 174 2007; (p. 13)
1 1 y separately published work icon Olive Trees Around My Table : Growing up Lebanese in the Old South Africa Cecile Yazbek , Bowden : East Street Publications , 2007 Z1440446 2007 single work autobiography Story of Cecile Yazbek; a Lebanese girl growing up in the fifties and sixties under the shadow of the new apartheid system in South Africa. Shattering events force Cecile to the conclusion that she must leave this society and she seeks refuge in the undulating hills surrounding Australia's Byron Bay. [From Trove]
1 Isabel Cecile Yazbek , 2006 single work biography
— Appears in: Kalimat : An International Periodical of Creative Writing , September no. 24 (English) 2006; (p. 109-116)
1 My Lebanese Past Cecile Yazbek , 2006 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Kalimat : An International Periodical of Creative Writing , March no. 23 (English) 2006; (p. 49-54)
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