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I Think of You

I Think of You

Ahdaf Soueif

In these selected stories from her collections Aisha and Sandpiper, Ahdaf Soueif writes about love and displacement in prose that is delicately nuanced and acutely observed. These are achingly lyrical stories, resonant and richly woven.
The Politics of Representation in Ahdaf Soueif's The Map of Love

The Politics of Representation in Ahdaf Soueif's The Map of Love

Sabina D'Alessandro

This book examines the themes and narrative features in Ahdaf Soueif's The Map of Love.
Cairo: My City, Our Revolution

Cairo: My City, Our Revolution

Ahdaf Soueif

The story of the revolution and a personal journey into the city of Ahdaf Soueif's childhood.
Aisha

Aisha

Ahdaf Soueif

An enchanting collectiuon of stories from the critically acclaimed author of In The Eye of The Sun and The Map of Love
Sandpiper

Sandpiper

Ahdaf Soueif

From the author of AISHA and IN THE EYE OF THE SUN, a paperback edition of a collection of stories which provide insight into Egyptian and Western life and the links between them, looking at relationships within and across continents, feuds ...
The Map of Love

The Map of Love

Ahdaf Soueif

In 1900 Lady Anna Winterbourne travels to Egypt where she falls in love with Sharif, and Egyptian Nationalist utterly committed to his country's cause.
Mezzaterra: Fragments from the Common Ground

Mezzaterra: Fragments from the Common Ground

Ahdaf Soueif

This is the ground where everybody is welcome, the ground we need to defend and to expand. It is in Mezzaterra that every responsible person on this planet now needs to pitch their tent. This is the ground from which this book is calling.
Cairo: My City, Our Revolution

Cairo: My City, Our Revolution

Ahdaf Soueif

Cairo tells the story of the Eygyptian Revolution, of how on the 28th of January when The People took the Square and torched the headquarters of the hated ruling National Democratic Party, The (same) People formed a human chain to protect ...
In the Eye of the Sun

In the Eye of the Sun

Ahdaf Soueif

This is a love story, a story about growing up, a story about what its like to be a women (East and West), a story about the history of the post-imperial Middle East during the last 30 years or so, perplexed and bloody years, and a story ...
British Muslim Fictions: Interviews with Contemporary Writers

British Muslim Fictions: Interviews with Contemporary Writers

C. Chambers

Through interviews with leading writers (including Ahdaf Soueif and Hanif Kureishi), this book analyzes the writing and opinions of novelists of Muslim heritage based in the UK. Discussion centres on writers' work, literary techniques, and ...
The Diasporic Writer in the Post-Colonial Context: The Case ...

The Diasporic Writer in the Post-Colonial Context: The Case ...

Yvette Katherine Lebœuf

The purpose of this study of Anglo-Egyptian writer Ahdaf Soueif's two novels, In the Eye of the Sun (1999), first published in 1992, and The Map of Love (2000), first published in 1999, is to examine how they are arenas for hybrid politics ...
Muslim Narratives and the Discourse of English

Muslim Narratives and the Discourse of English

Amin Malak

Yashar Kemal, Kurdish-Turkish novelist, in his trial speech AS AN ARAB- MUSLIM WOMAN WHO WRITES IN ENGLISH, AHDAF SOUEIF connects with two currents in contemporary Arab and Muslim literatures: Muslim women from diverse ...

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