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Sweetness in the Belly is a 2019 drama film directed by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, based on the novel of the same name by Camilla Gibb. It had its world premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
May 8, 2020 · A drama film based on a novel by Camilla Gibb, about a girl who tries to reunite families in London after escaping Ethiopia. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, awards, and more on IMDb.
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Mar 29, 2005 · Like Brick Lane and The Kite Runner, Camilla Gibb's widely praised new novel is a poignant and intensely atmospheric look beyond the stereotypes of Islam. After her hippie British parents are murdered, Lilly is raised at a Sufi shrine in Morocco.
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A novel about a white Muslim nurse in Thatcher's London and her love for an Ethiopian doctor. The book explores the political and cultural upheavals in Ethiopia and the UK through the eyes of Lilly, a woman searching for her place and her lover.
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A drama about an orphan who helps refugees in 1980s Ethiopia. See the trailer, cast, critics and audience reviews, and where to watch this film online.
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Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb is an atmospheric, historical romance novel published in 2005. The book tells the story of Lily, the daughter of two Irish immigrants living in Morocco who is raised by Moroccan and Ethiopian locals when her parents are murdered in an alley near the Sufi shrine in Bilal al Habash.
