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Moon over Samarqand /
A journey through Central Asia and beyond, Moon over Samarqand is the story of one Egyptian's quest for the truth. Ali's travel brings him into encounters with the Uzbekistan of today, yesterday, and once upon a time. His tale embraces many tales-those of his confounding taxi driver, of Is...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés Arabic |
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Cairo, Egypt ; New York, NY :
American University in Cairo Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Modern Arabic literature.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | A journey through Central Asia and beyond, Moon over Samarqand is the story of one Egyptian's quest for the truth. Ali's travel brings him into encounters with the Uzbekistan of today, yesterday, and once upon a time. His tale embraces many tales-those of his confounding taxi driver, of Islamic activists, and of the criminal underworld as well as stories of struggles against authoritarianism in Egypt. The novel shows diverse historical and modern connections between Central Asia and the Arab world. It also explores power struggles between opposition currents and governments since the Uzbeki Soviet era and Egypt's Nasser period. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in Arabic in 2004 as Qamar ʻalá Samarqand. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (414 pages) |
| Awards: | Sawiris Foundation Award for Literature, 2006 |
| ISBN: | 9781617974229 1617974226 1306492114 9781306492119 9781617971778 1617971774 |