Clouds over Alexandria (Hoopoe Fiction) - Softcover

Abdel Meguid, Ibrahim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9774168674 ISBN 13: 9789774168673

Publisher: Hoopoe, 2019

Synopsis

In the 1970s, once-cosmopolitan Alexandria was at the forefront of the clash between Nasser's socialist-era principles and the burgeoning fundamentalist movement. Five idealistic students find themselves caught up in this tangled web, as their leftist activism makes them a target both from government surveillance and the Islamist groups seeking to curtail the city's social life. The group of friends' participation in the explosive `bread riots' is swiftly followed by the crushing experience of prison, and the course of their young lives changes irrevocably. The final part in Ibrahim Abdel Meguid's Alexandria trilogy conjures up this turbulent era in rich detail. This story of young love, aspiration for social change, disillusionment and frustration will resonate with readers today.

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About the Author:

Born in 1946, Ibrahim Abdel Meguid is an Egyptian writer from Alexandria. He has combined critical and creative writing throughout his literary career, and is the author of numerous novels and short-story collections. He was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 1997 for his novel The Other Place. Kay Heikkinen is a translator and academic who holds a PhD from Harvard University and is currently Ibn Rushd Lecturer of Arabic at the University of Chicago. Among other books, she translated Naguib Mahfouz's In the Time of Love and Radwa Ashour's The Woman From Tantoura.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hoopoe
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 9774168674
• ISBN 13: 9789774168673
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304