In this many-layered novel by Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, the actions of men and women in Cairo echo--unbeknownst to them--the actions of their holy ancestors. This book was first published in Arabic in 1959.
Seen through the eyes of a strong-willed and perceptive young girl, "Naphtalene" beautifully captures the atmosphere of Baghdad in the 1940s and 1950s. Through her rich and lyrical descriptions, Alia Mamdouh vividly recreates a city of public steam baths, roadside, butchers and childhood games played in the same streets where political ...
Volume two in the Cities of Salt trilogy, The Trench is a powerfully satiric and deeply affecting novel. It is the first Arabian work of fiction to depict the royal government of an oil sheikdom very much like that of Saudi Arabia or Kuwait. Banned in many Middle Eastern countries, this novel will remind readers of the very people that America and ...
"Variations on Night and Day" follows the rise of Sultan Khureybit. He carves out the nation of Mooran by crushing rival clans, not only with military force, but also with a corrupt government and the help of the British Empire. His many wives also join in political intrigue.
Peter Theroux describes Los Angeles, the City of Dreams, from a variety of angles: he encounters the diversity of citizens and immigrants, attends movie premieres, smells the incense for sale on the boardwalk in Venice and drives along a six-lane highway.
Peter Theroux describes Los Angeles, the City of Dreams, from a variety of angles: he encounters the diversity of citizens and immigrants, attends movie premieres, smells the incense for sale on the boardwalk in Venice and drives along a six-lane highway.
Abd al-Hakim Qasim (1935-1990), one of modern Egypt's great novelists, began writing short stories while imprisoned for his leftwing politics under the Nasser regime in the 1960s. This period in Qasim's life, along with his subsequent exile in Germany and his opposition to the Camp David Agreement, led him to avoid political commentary in his ...
In this, the first Nubian novel ever translated, Awad al-Shalali, a Nubian i worker in modern Egypt, dreams of Dongola -- the capital of medieval Nubia, a culture lost to the flood waters of the Aswan High Dam. In Dongola, the Nubians of old reached a zenith. They defeated and dominated Upper Egypt, and their archers, deadly accurate in battle, ...
A journalist stationed for seven years in the Middle East explodes many myths about life and culture in the region. He examines the reality of Muslim fanatics, the overwhelming wealth and power of the ruling royal families, and the vast gulf in understanding between Arabia and the West.
Alia Mamadouh reconstructs the society of Baghdad in the 1940s and 1950s through the eyes of 10-year-old Huda, a precocious tomboy highly perceptive of the complex web of her family's relationships.
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