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Life is More Beautiful than Paradise: A Jihadists Own Story
Khaled Al-Berry
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Description for Life is More Beautiful than Paradise: A Jihadists Own Story
Paperback. Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. BIC Classification: JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
In 1986, when this autobiography opens, the author is a typical fourteen-year-old boy in Asyut in Upper Egypt. Attracted at first by the image of a radical Islamist group as "strong Muslims," his involvement develops until he finds himself deeply committed to its beliefs and implicated in its activities. This ends when, as he leaves the university following a demonstration, he is arrested. Prison, a return to life on the outside, and attending Cairo University all lead to Khaled al-Berry's eventual alienation from radical Islam. This book opens a window onto the mind of an extremist who turns out to ... Read more
In 1986, when this autobiography opens, the author is a typical fourteen-year-old boy in Asyut in Upper Egypt. Attracted at first by the image of a radical Islamist group as "strong Muslims," his involvement develops until he finds himself deeply committed to its beliefs and implicated in its activities. This ends when, as he leaves the university following a demonstration, he is arrested. Prison, a return to life on the outside, and attending Cairo University all lead to Khaled al-Berry's eventual alienation from radical Islam. This book opens a window onto the mind of an extremist who turns out to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774168062
SKU
V9789774168062
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About Khaled Al-Berry
Khaled al-Berry was born in Sohag, Egypt in 1972. He has a degree in medicine from Cairo University, and currently works as a journalist and writer in London, where he has been living since 1999. Humphrey Davies is the translator of a number of Arabic novels, including The Yacoubian ... Read more
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