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Judgment Day: A Lebanese Novel
Rasha Al Ameer
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Description for Judgment Day: A Lebanese Novel
Hardback. Translator(s): Wright, Jonathan. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
Brought up in poverty in a remote part of an unstable Arab republic, the narrator studies Islamic law and Arabic and becomes a cleric and civil servant in the capital. At the age of almost 40 he accepts a position as imam of a mosque serving his compatriots in a richer and more cosmopolitan neighboring Arab country. His humdrum life changes when an educated and independent woman recruits him as consultant for a book on the great tenth-century Arab poet al- Mutanabbi. As their work together on his poetry leads to friendship and then love, the imam becomes embroiled in ... Read more
Brought up in poverty in a remote part of an unstable Arab republic, the narrator studies Islamic law and Arabic and becomes a cleric and civil servant in the capital. At the age of almost 40 he accepts a position as imam of a mosque serving his compatriots in a richer and more cosmopolitan neighboring Arab country. His humdrum life changes when an educated and independent woman recruits him as consultant for a book on the great tenth-century Arab poet al- Mutanabbi. As their work together on his poetry leads to friendship and then love, the imam becomes embroiled in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774164811
SKU
V9789774164811
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About Rasha Al Ameer
Rasha al Ameer is a Lebanese publisher, cultural critic and author of two novels. Since 1990, she has co-directed Dar-al Jadeed, an independent Lebanese publishing house. She is also a partner in Umam, an NGO and film production company. Jonathan Wright is the translator of Khaled Al Khamissi's Taxi.
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