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Menorahs and Minarets: A Novel (Hoopoe Fiction)
Kamal Ruhayyim
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Description for Menorahs and Minarets: A Novel (Hoopoe Fiction)
Paperback. Translator(s): Enany, Sarah. Series: Hoopoe Fiction. BIC Classification: FA; FW; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 203 x 23. .
In the third part of Kamal Ruhayyim's trilogy, Galal, the son of a mixed Jewish/Muslim family returns to Egypt after ten years in Paris. What he finds is a society in flux, yet still stifled by convention. As his sense of alienation increases, Galal searches for a way to put down roots in a society where he feels he no longer truly belongs, as he struggles with his confused relationships with his extended family: Jewish cosmopolitan businessmen on one side and Muslim rural farmers on the other. Ruhayyim paints an uncompromising portrait of the rigid traditions, passed on from generation ... Read more
In the third part of Kamal Ruhayyim's trilogy, Galal, the son of a mixed Jewish/Muslim family returns to Egypt after ten years in Paris. What he finds is a society in flux, yet still stifled by convention. As his sense of alienation increases, Galal searches for a way to put down roots in a society where he feels he no longer truly belongs, as he struggles with his confused relationships with his extended family: Jewish cosmopolitan businessmen on one side and Muslim rural farmers on the other. Ruhayyim paints an uncompromising portrait of the rigid traditions, passed on from generation ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hoopoe Fiction
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Hoopoe Fiction
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774168314
SKU
V9789774168314
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About Kamal Ruhayyim
Kamal Ruhayyim, born in Egypt in 1947, has a PhD in law from Cairo University.He is the author of a collection of short stories and five novels, including Diary of a Jewish Muslim (AUC Press, 2014) and Days in the Diaspora (AUC Press, 2012). Through his career in the Egyptian police force and Interpol he has lived in Cairo and ... Read more
Reviews for Menorahs and Minarets: A Novel (Hoopoe Fiction)
"Warm and engaging, as well as fun to read."
Marcia Lynx Qualey, Qantara.de
Marcia Lynx Qualey, Qantara.de