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Khouli, Dania	91 at 19 (En) By: Khouli, Dania Hardcover \| English \| Product Code: 10821 Poetry Abstract: 91 at 19 is the maiden debut of Dania Alkhouli's penetrating poetry. $19.91 Sale Price: $12.00 See More Detail or Order >
Tresilian, David	A Brief Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature (En) By: Tresilian, David Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 10677 Literary Studies Abstract: This brief introduction offers a unique overview, focusing on developments over the last fifty years. It provides a guide to the literary landscape, indicating the major landmarks in the shape of authors, ideas and debates. $11.95 See More Detail or Order >
Yared, Ibrahim	A Cage Without Bars (En) By: Yared, Ibrahim Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 4540 Novel Abstract: Translated to the English, a novel by Egyptian writer Ibrahim Yared. The small boy was trying to climb over the wall surrounding the labyrinth that he wanted to leave, when he heard the elderly people back home shouting and telling him to go back to bed... $8.00 See More Detail or Order >
Farhi, Moris	A Designated Man (En) By: Farhi, Moris Hardcover \| English \| Product Code: 10726 Novel Abstract: By the acclaimed Turkish writer Moris Farhi. 'A compelling story of love, jealousy and the desire for power.' - Elaine Feinstein $21.50 See More Detail or Order >
Gosaibi, Ghazi (1940-2010) / Translated by Robin Bray	A Love Story (En) By: Gosaibi, Ghazi (1940-2010) / Translated by Robin Bray Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 8187 Arabic Literature - Novel Abstract: A Love Story is a poignant reflection on passionate, enduring love and the joys and tragedies of life. Through a sequence of dreams, flashbacks and conversations, Yacoub Iryan, a dying novelist, reflects upon his life, his achievements and his pass relations. Translated from the Arabic, a novel by Ghazi al-Gosaibi. $12.00 Sale Price: $8.00 See More Detail or Order >
Compilation / Lena Jayyusi	Adventures of Sayf Ben Dhi Yazan By: Compilation / Lena Jayyusi Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 6452 Folklore Abstract: An Arab Folk Epic. The first (partial) translation into English of an indigenous chivalric romance set in the Nile Valley and originally composed sometime during the 13th through 16th centuries. Translation and Narration by Lena Jayyusi. $24.95 See More Detail or Order >
Ahmed, Akbar	Akbar Ahmed: Two Plays By: Ahmed, Akbar Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 11731 Theatre - Arabic Plays Abstract: "Noor" is the tale of three brothers attempting to rescue their sister Noor, who has been kidnapped during Ramadan. Each brother represents a different ideological position in the contemporary Islamic world; the play could be set in Baghdad but also in Cairo, Karachi or Kabul. $15.95 See More Detail or Order >
Hussein, Aamer	Another Gulmohar Tree By: Hussein, Aamer Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 10800 Novel - Arabic Fiction Abstract: A novel by the Pakistani author Aamer Hussein - A beautiful account of a marriage that is in turns wry and unashamedly romantic. "subtle, evocative, skilled" - Joseph Olshan. $12.95 See More Detail or Order >
Group of authors with editing by Angelika Neuwirth, Andreas Pflitsch and Barbara Winckler	Arabic Literature: Postmodern Perspectives By: Group of authors with editing by Angelika Neuwirth, Andreas Pflitsch and Barbara Winckler Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 12506 Arabic Literature Studies Abstract: "Arabic Literature: Postmodern Perspectives" introduces the work of twenty-nine pivotal authors from the Arab world writing in Arabic, English, French, and Hebrew. $28.95 See More Detail or Order >
Daoud, Hassan / Translated by Michael K. Scott	Borrowed Time By: Daoud, Hassan / Translated by Michael K. Scott Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 10801 Novel, Lebanese (translated from the Arabic) Abstract: Translated from the Arabic, a novel by Lebanese author Hassan Daoud. "Daoud's writing is elegant, laconic and often very funny."-The Times (London) $14.95 See More Detail or Order >
Idris, Yusef	City of Love and Ashes By: Idris, Yusef Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 5843 Novel Abstract: This novel in the Arabic language by Yusef Idris was a winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature. $14.95 See More Detail or Order >
Hakim, Tawfik	Dairy of a Country Prosecutor By: Hakim, Tawfik Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 8188 Novel - Arabic Fiction - Egypt Abstract: By Tawfik al-Hakim, "touching and yet savagely funny. The Bookseller "a satirical tale of country life under a repressive and far-away Cairo legal system." (Literary Review) Translated from Arabic. $11.95 See More Detail or Order >
Neville, Pauline	Double Vision By: Neville, Pauline Hardcover \| English \| Product Code: 4543 Novel Abstract: In Double Vision Neville skillfully transports us into her heroine's colorful and enchanting fantasy world and introduces us to an ancient and proud civilization. By: Pauline Neville $15.00 See More Detail or Order >
Kelly, Adrian Michael	Down Sterling Road By: Kelly, Adrian Michael Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 6914 Novel Abstract: A gripping, often funny tale of a boy coming to terms with his bewildering loss, by Adrian Michael Kelly. $15.00 See More Detail or Order >
Ghazy, Randa	Dreaming of Palestine By: Ghazy, Randa Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 5827 Novel Abstract: A work of astonishing insight that takes us into the hearts and lives of a group of young people caught up in the Palestinian drive for independence $11.50 See More Detail or Order >
Melville, Pauline	Eating Air By: Melville, Pauline Hardcover \| English \| Product Code: 11729 Novel - Arabic Fiction Abstract: Ella de Vries, a stunning obsedian-eyed beauty who dance with the Royal Ballet, falls in love with Donny McLeod, a Dionysiac rebel and free spirit who "believes in nothing". It is the 1970s. They move into a household of political radicals and become casually drawn into extremism. Special Branch infiltration leads to a violent crime that sends Ella into self-imposed exile in Brazil. Donny goes wandering. $25.00 See More Detail or Order >
Nasrallah, Emily, Translated Issa J. Boullata	Flight Against Time (En) By: Nasrallah, Emily, Translated Issa J. Boullata Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 10713 Arabic Literature - Lebanon Abstract: 'Al Iklaa Aks Az Zaman', here translated to the English, award winning Lebanese author Emily Nasrallah skillfully weaves truth and imagination to create a story rich in human emotion and psychological insight. $9.50 See More Detail or Order >
Yared, Ibrahim	From Here I Can See The End By: Yared, Ibrahim Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 4554 Novel Abstract: A short book by Ibrahim Yared. $12.00 See More Detail or Order >
Mok, Judith	Gael By: Mok, Judith Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 5832 Novel Abstract: By Judith Mok, "Gael is a superbly crafter account of a fatal and fatalistic voyage into the dark, obsessive heart�" - Dermot Bolger. $14.95 See More Detail or Order >
Drosso, Anne-Marie	In Their Father's Country By: Drosso, Anne-Marie Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 10975 Novel - Arabic Fiction Abstract: In the English, a novel by Anne-Marie Drosso. A deft and delicate story of two sisters growning up in Cairo. $13.95 See More Detail or Order >
Aitmatov, Chingiz	Jamilia By: Aitmatov, Chingiz Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 6852 Novel Abstract: By Chingiz Aitmatov, "The most beautiful love story in the world" - Louis Aragon. $11.95 See More Detail or Order >
Farhi, Moris	Journey Through The Wilderness By: Farhi, Moris Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 4546 Novel Abstract: A novel by Moris Farhi. A modern-day Nostromo taking us through a season in the Hell of South America. $20.00 See More Detail or Order >
Editor - Wilson, Anna	Lebanon, Lebanon By: Editor - Wilson, Anna Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 6634 Essays & Interviews Abstract: A collection of writings and drawings from some of the world's leading authors and artists for the children in Lebanon. $18.00 See More Detail or Order >
Gee, Maggie	Light Years By: Gee, Maggie Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 4548 Novel Abstract: "Light Years" by Maggie Gee is about zoos and the zodiac; the seasons and the stars; and how humans see the natural world. $18.00 See More Detail or Order >
Taher, Bahaa	Love In Exile By: Taher, Bahaa Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 11698 Novel - Arabic Fiction Abstract: In Love In Exile Bahaa Taher presents multilayered variations on the themes of exile, disillusionment, failed dreams, and the redemptive power of love. Unwilling to recant his Nasseris beliefs, the unnamed narrator is an Egyptian journalist in a self-imposed exile in Europe after conflict with the mangement of his newspaper and a divorce from his wife. $12.50 See More Detail or Order >
Saadawi, Nawal	Love In The Kingdom Of Oil (En) By: Saadawi, Nawal Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 4569 Arabic Literature - Novel - Egypt Abstract: This novel confronts major issues and questions concerning a woman's role and position in a repressive, patriarchal order. $10.00 See More Detail or Order >
Ghoussoub, Mai	Mai Ghoussoub Selected Writings By: Ghoussoub, Mai Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 7457 Writings Abstract: Writings of the Lebanese writer and artist Mai Ghoussoub (1952-2007), here in the English language. $17.95 See More Detail or Order >
de la Mare, Walter John	Memoirs of a Midget By: de la Mare, Walter John Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 10738 Novel - Arabic Fiction Abstract: By Walter John de la Mare ( 1873 - 1956), the English poet, short story writer and novelist. This classic 1921 novel, Memoirs of a Midget, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction $16.95 See More Detail or Order >
Saadawi, Nawal	Memoirs of a Woman Doctor By: Saadawi, Nawal Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 8189 Novel - Arabic Fiction - Egypt Abstract: Rebelling against the constraints of family and society, a young Egyptian woman decides to study medicine, becoming the only woman in a class of men. (By Nawal al-Saadawi, translated from Arabic, 1st published in serialized form in 1957). $11.95 See More Detail or Order >
Mosteghanemi, Ahlam	Memory In The Flesh By: Mosteghanemi, Ahlam Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 5851 Novel Abstract: This novel by Ahlam Mosteghanemi was a winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature. $15.95 See More Detail or Order >
Abdul Hamid, Ammar	Menstruation By: Abdul Hamid, Ammar Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 4542 Novel Abstract: This novel explores contemporary themes related to sexuality, self-realization and repression within a religious framework. $12.00 See More Detail or Order >
Ronak Husni, Daniel L. Newman	Modern Arabic Short Stories (Dual Arabic and English) By: Ronak Husni, Daniel L. Newman Softcover \| Arabic-English \| Product Code: 10702 Short Stories - A Bilingual Reader Abstract: Designed as a reader for intermediate students of Arabic and those who may wish to broaden their appreciation of leading Middle Eastern writers, this collection features stories in both Arabic and English translation. Prefaced by an author biography plus notes on context and background, each story is followed by a glossary and discussion of problematic language points. $21.95 See More Detail or Order > Sorry - This item is currently out of stock.
Gee, Maggie	My Cleaner By: Gee, Maggie Softcover \| Arabic \| Product Code: 12327 Novel Abstract: Ugandan Mary Tendo worked for many years in the white middle-class Henman household in London, cleaning for Vanessa and looking after her only child, Justin. More than ten years after Mary has left, Justin - now twenty-two, handsome and gifted - is too depressed to get out of bed. To his mother's surprise, he asks for Mary. $14.95 See More Detail or Order >
Mendoza, Eduardo	No Word From Gurb By: Mendoza, Eduardo Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 6922 Novel Abstract: "No Word From Gurb" by Eduardo Mendoza is a riotous satire highlighting the contradictions of Western society in a lively, intelligent and sweetly ironic way. $10.50 See More Detail or Order >
Kazantzis, Judith	Of Love and Terror By: Kazantzis, Judith Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 4556 Novel Abstract: Raw emotion explodes on every page. A book by Judith Kazantzis. $18.00 See More Detail or Order >
Othman, Aisha	Reflections Of A Wayfarer Poetry Of Islamic Excellence By: Othman, Aisha Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 11893 Islamic Poetry Abstract: Islamic Poetry $14.00 See More Detail or Order >
Heitty, Dr. Abdul Kareem	Role of the Poetess at the Abbasid Court (132-247/750-861) English & Arabic By: Heitty, Dr. Abdul Kareem Softcover \| English and Arabic \| Product Code: 5781 Classical Arabic Poetry Abstract: A critical study of the contribution to literature of free women and slave-girls under the early Abbasid Caliphate. Their Biographies and surviving works. In the Arabic and in the English languages. By Dr. Abdul-Kareem al-Heitty $14.00 See More Detail or Order >
Hiller, Mischa	Sabra Zoo By: Hiller, Mischa Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 12508 Abstract: It is the summer of 1982 and Beirut is under siege. Eighteen-year-old Ivan's parents have just been evacuated from the city with other members of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. $15.95 See More Detail or Order >
Gosaibi, Ghazi (1940-2010)	Seven (English) By: Gosaibi, Ghazi (1940-2010) Hardcover \| English \| Product Code: 4539 Novel - Saudi Arabia Abstract: Seven is a daring novel in both form and content. The narrative vehicle of the memoir-within-memoir is used to fascinating effect. By Saudi Author Ghazi al-Ghosaibi, here in the English language. $22.50 See More Detail or Order >
Zolghadr, Tirdad	Softcore By: Zolghadr, Tirdad Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 7921 Novel - Iranian Fiction Abstract: By Tirdad Zolghadr. "The most surprising novel I've read in years. Entertainingly packaged as a bizarre thriller, it comes from the most unexpected corner of the world. A great way to learn something about Tehran today". - Andrei Kurkov $13.00 See More Detail or Order >
Choukri, Muhammad	Streetwise By: Choukri, Muhammad Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 4545 Novel Abstract: ...throughout Choukri's trails and vicissitudes, two things shine through: Choukri's determination to use literacy to rise above the cruel hand fate has dealt him; and his compassion for the normally despised human beings who share this life of 'the lowest of the low'... $11.00 See More Detail or Order >
Adunis	Sufism & Surrealism By: Adunis Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 5872 Sufism Abstract: In this remarkable book, Adonis, one of the Arab world's greatest living poets, set forth the peculiar convergence of ideas running through Sufism and Surrealism. $15.95 See More Detail or Order >
Khamissi, Khaled / Translated: Jonathan Wright	Taxi By: Khamissi, Khaled / Translated: Jonathan Wright Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 10744 Novel - Arabic Fiction - Social Commentary Abstract: Translated from the Arabic, Khaled al Khamissi has written a novel bringing together fictional dialogues with Cairo's cabbies - "Taxi's brilliance is that it captures the point at which cabs cease to be just a means of transportation and instead become a space for debate and exchange" - Foreign Policy $14.95 See More Detail or Order >
Abodehman, Ahmed	The Belt By: Abodehman, Ahmed Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 4541 Novel Abstract: This is an honest and enchanting coming-of-age story, and a dialogue between old and new. The author, Ahmed Abodehman, also challenges conventional perceptions of the region. $12.00 See More Detail or Order >
Sjon	The Blue Fox By: Sjon Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 7511 Novel - Arabic Fiction Abstract: Winner of the Nordic Literary Prize and nominated for the Icelandic Literature Prize. . .a spellbinding fable that is part mystery, part fairy tale, by Sjon. $12.95 See More Detail or Order >
Kemp, Percy	The Boone System By: Kemp, Percy Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 4520 Novel Abstract: An infamous Islamic militant defects and becomes British Intelligence's single most important source of information about global terrorism. But for British agent Harry Boone, posing as head of the Ulster Trade Mission in Beirut, disaster has struck, an exciting novel by Percy Kemp, translated to Arabic $18.00 See More Detail or Order >
Schami, Rafik	The Dark Side Of Love By: Schami, Rafik Hardcover \| English \| Product Code: 11803 Novel Abstract: Damascus, 1969: above St Paul's Chapel, a body hangs in a basket over the city wall. The corpse is that of a hihg-ranking Muslim officer, and soon the Secret Service takes over the case. But Detective Barudi is not content to let this mystery disappear. Alone, he begins to unravel a clan war that has dominated the lives of three generations. At its heart lies the story of Rana Shahin and Farid Mushtak, two lovers whose struggle to be united must overcome old tribal structures, and their country's history and politcs. "The Dark Side Of Love" is a mosaic of stories; each piece has an individual shape and color, and together they make up a dazzling whole, as the tales of three generations of lovers are set against a century of Syria's turbulent history, in a panoramic view of its religious and political conflicts. $30.00 See More Detail or Order >
Saadawi, Nawal	The Dramatic Literature of Nawal El Saadawi By: Saadawi, Nawal Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 11730 Novel - Arabic Fiction - Egypt Abstract: Two of Nawal Saadawi's stories translated to English; "God Resigns At The Summit Meeting" and "Isis", both of these stories incorporate key themes to Saadawi's work: that all societies are inimical to women and the poor, that the oppression of women is reprehensible ane not uniquely of the Middle East of the "third world". $15.95 See More Detail or Order >
Foenkinos, David	The Erotic Potential of My Wife By: Foenkinos, David Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 11699 Novel - Humor Abstract: Having collected, among other things, cocktail sticks, electoral campaing badges, paintings of moored ships, rabits' feet, noises at five in the mroning, the labels on melons, birds' eggs and hangmen's nooses, Hector falls in love. Blissfully married, he turns his back on his old habits, only to become obsessed with watching his wife Brigitte washing windows. And so begins his new infatuation, collecting (and recollecting) beautiful moments spent observing his wife's every move. $10.00 See More Detail or Order >
Saadawi, Nawal	The Fall of the Imam By: Saadawi, Nawal Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 8191 Novel - Arabic Fiction - Egypt Abstract: Egypt's foremost feminist writer confronts the role of women in Muslim society.' Publishers Weekly. By Nawal al-Saadawi, translated from the Arabic. $13.95 See More Detail or Order >
Gee, Maggie	The Flood By: Gee, Maggie Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 4555 Novel Abstract: One of Maggie Gee's best books yet. $18.00 See More Detail or Order >
Phillips, Marc	The Legend of Sander Grant By: Phillips, Marc Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 10976 Novel - Arabic Fiction Abstract: In the English, a novel by Marc Phillips. A magical tale that sparkles with humanity and humour. $13.95 See More Detail or Order >
Duteurtre, Benoit	The Little Girl and the Cigarette By: Duteurtre, Benoit Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 6822 Novel Abstract: Young French author, Benoit Duteurtre, creates a world disconcertingly close to our own, yet wildly askew in this daring and antic comedy. $12.00 See More Detail or Order >
MacCauley, Kay	The Man Who Was Loved By: MacCauley, Kay Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 6411 Novel - Selected Translation Abstract: Teeming with fantastical characters and extravagant scenes from sixteenth-century Venice, "The Man Who Was Loved" by Kay MacCauley is a deeply affecting tale of love, avarice and intrigue. $17.75 See More Detail or Order >
Feiyu, Bi	The Moon Opera By: Feiyu, Bi Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 7512 Novel - China Abstract: Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Peking Opera, this devastating portrait by Bi Feiyu shows the extent to which a desperate woman will embrace an exalted image of herself in an effort to flee earthly concerns. Translated by Howard Goldblatt. $12.95 See More Detail or Order >
Zayyat, Latifa	The Open Door By: Zayyat, Latifa Softcover \| Arabic \| Product Code: 11696 Novel - Arabic Fiction Abstract: The Open Door is a landmark of women's writing in Arabic; published in 1960 it was very bold for its time in exploring a middle-class Egyptian girl's coming of age, in the context of the Egyptian nationalist movement preceding the 1952 revolution. The novel traces the pressures on young women and men of that time and class as they seek to free themselves of family control and social expectations. $15.00 See More Detail or Order >
Gee, Maggie	The White Family By: Gee, Maggie Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 4547 Novel Abstract: This ambitious, groundbreaking novel by Maggie Gee takes on the taboo subject of racial hatred as it looks for the roots of violence within the family and British society. $15.00 See More Detail or Order >
Aswani, Ala	The Yacoubian Building By: Aswani, Ala Hardcover \| English \| Product Code: 5871 Novel Abstract: Alaa Al Aswany's novel caused an unprecedented stir when it was first published in 2002 and has remained the world's best selling novel in the Arabic language since. $22.00 See More Detail or Order >
Dawud, Hassan	The Year of the Revolutionary New Bread-making Machine By: Dawud, Hassan Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 7446 Novel - Arabic Fiction - Lebanon Abstract: Lebanese author Hassan Daoud's novel, translated to the English. A poignant, wry portrait of a 1960s Beirut as it burgeons into the future. $13.95 See More Detail or Order >
Feiyu, Bi	Three Sisters By: Feiyu, Bi Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 12507 Abstract: Three sisters struggle to change the course of their destinies in a China that does not belong to them. Yumi uses her dignity, Yuxiu her seductive charms, and Yuyang her desire for success. $15.00 See More Detail or Order >
Hussein, Aamer	Turquoise By: Hussein, Aamer Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 4544 Novel Abstract: "Turquoise" by Aamer Hussein illuminates the passions and fears of a world more complex and more beautiful than the media images of Islam and Pakistan convey. $10.00 See More Detail or Order >
Saadawi, Nawal	Two Women in One By: Saadawi, Nawal Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 8190 Novel - Arabic Fiction - Egypt Abstract: Two Women in One is the story of countless women in the Third World, and speaks of their quest for emancipation and dignity. By Nawal al-Saadawi and translated from the Arabic. $11.95 See More Detail or Order >
Frame, Ronald	Unwritten Secrets By: Frame, Ronald Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 12509 Abstract: Mariel Baxter, a famous American soprano, has suddenly cancelled all her recitals and flown to Vienna. In the 1980s she came to the city to study the art of lieder singing with the reclusive Ursule Kroll, one of the brightest stars of the Nazi era and a favorite of the Fuhrer himself. $15.50 See More Detail or Order >
Joffe, Jasper	Water By: Joffe, Jasper Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 5829 Novel Abstract: Surprisingly readable - the frivolity of a youthful modern-times columnist in the culture section of one of the Sundays, combined with a sort of egotistical nastiness and a sad interest in the crappier aspects of the art world somehow results in a page-turner.' - Matthew Collings $14.95 See More Detail or Order >
Munce, Alayna	When I Was Young and in My Prime By: Munce, Alayna Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 7449 Novel - Arabic Fiction Abstract: This sharply observed, funny, shape-shifting book weaves together voices, lists, and diary entries in a story of one family, in all its ordinary complexity. $14.95 See More Detail or Order >
Farhi, Moris	Young Turk By: Farhi, Moris Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 4557 Novel Abstract: Morris Farhi shames the willed littleness of British fiction with this novel. $16.00 See More Detail or Order >
Ghitani, Jamal	Zayni Barakat By: Ghitani, Jamal Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 11860 Novel-Prose Abstract: "In the course of my long travels I have never seen a city so devastated. After a long time I ventured out into the streets. Death, cold and heavy, hung in the air. Walls have no value here, doors have been eliminated. No one is certain that they will see another day." The Egypt of the Mamluk dynasty witnessed a period of artistic ostentation and social and political upheaval, at the heart of which lay the unsolved question of the ruler's legitimacy. Now, in 1516, the Mamluk reign is coming to an end with the advance of the invading. Ottomans. The numerous narrators, among them a Venetian traveler and several native Muslims, tell the story of the rise to power of the ruthless, enigmatic, and puritanical governor of Cairo, Zayni Barakat ibn Musa, whose control of the corrupt city is effected only through a complicated network of spies and informers. $14.00 See More Detail or Order >