Dessert for Three: An Egyptian Collection
Language: English
Published by Grotte des Merveilles/Cave of Wonders/Rowayat, 2022
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250 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.65 inches. In Stock.
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- Title
- Dessert for Three: An Egyptian Collection
- Author
- ElKalay, Fatima/ Shouman, Mariam/ Nasr, Aida
- Publisher
- Grotte des Merveilles/Cave of Wonders/Rowayat
- Publication year
- 2022
- Condition
- Brand New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1739588207
- ISBN 13
- 9781739588205
- Item weight
- 0.47 kilograms
The stories predate Facebook and social media. Some predate cell phones. There are references to the Gulf War and bird flu in Mariam's stories. Subtle hints about the January 25 revolution in 2011 show up in my stories and Aida's, but these were introduced in rewrites, because mentioning the revolution wove in naturally with existing storylines.
The last story in the collection by Aida, "Tangerine Woman", is one she wrote during our many coffee dates while waiting for Mariam's recovery. At the time, Aida was the editor of an art blog and was inspired by the artists she interviewed to write a story about an artistic couple. I feel this is the most complete and revised story left behind and believe she would be happy to see it in print.
I hope I have done my friends justice with what I've made out of this collection. It's been a long journey out at sea. Seventeen years. Finally, it is time for our vessel to be moored.
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About the Author
Mariam Shouman was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico to an American mother and an Egyptian father. She holds BAs in both history and theatre arts from the University of New Mexico and an MA in Islamic history from the American University in Cairo. Mariam has worked as a teacher and as a freelance writer and editor and was the senior editor of the Egyptian parenting magazine Mother & Child for several years. She is the mother of four and lives with her family in Cairo, Egypt.
Aida Nasr was born in Rochester, New York to Egyptian parents and passed away in Cairo in 2014. She held a BA in English and comparative literature from the American University in Cairo, and a publishing diploma from the University of the Arts in London. She was a writer and editor for several magazines and blogs including Cairo Today (later Egypt Today), Business Today, Mother & Child, and Cairo Art Blog. Aida also wrote and translated awareness material for breast cancer patients and volunteered with cancer survivors and disabled children. Her stories in Dessert for Three are her only published fiction.
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