Zuleika
Americannoun
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Mohammad Ali gave her calls a ringtone that was a verse from a popular Afghan song that recalls the story of Yusuf and Zuleika.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2014
He is thrown into prison, and Zuleika waits 36 years for him to be freed.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2014
This seems a bit like the kind of “realism” that leads flirts like Henry James’ Daisy Miller or Max Beerbohm’s Zuleika Dobson to meet bad ends for their reckless and loose ways.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2012
Zuleika, granddaughter of the warden of Judas College, is a conjuror whose charms bewitch all the men who come into contact with her.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2010
I tell you, Zuleika, he does not wish us to marry.
From Monte-Cristo's Daughter by Edmund Flagg
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