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Butterfly wings /
A chance encounter on a plane throws together Doha, a fashion designer unhappily married to a leading figure in the Mubarak regime, and Ashraf, an academic and leading dissident. The story of their relationship and Doha's self-discovery runs alongside a young Egyptian's search for the moth...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Arabic |
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Cairo :
American University in Cairo Press,
2014.
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| Edición: | [US & CA version]. |
| Colección: | Modern Arabic literature.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A chance encounter on a plane throws together Doha, a fashion designer unhappily married to a leading figure in the Mubarak regime, and Ashraf, an academic and leading dissident. The story of their relationship and Doha's self-discovery runs alongside a young Egyptian's search for the mother he never knew, and these intersecting narratives unfold against the background of political protests that culminate in the overthrow of the regime. A moving and at times humorous story, Butterfly Wings is an extended allegory of Egypt's modern experience of authoritarian rule and explores the fractures and. |
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| Notas: | "First published in Arabic in 2011 by Dar Merit as Ajnihat al-farash"--Title page verso. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (185 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9781617975752 1617975753 9781617975684 1617975680 |