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Hookah nights /

Anne-Marie Drosso's collection of fourteen short stories guides us through the turbulence of Egyptian modern history, from Gamal Abdel Nasser's early days of glory to Abdel Fatah el- Sisi's recent assumption of power. Each story weaves a tapestry of hope, crisis and despair illustrate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Drosso, E. Anne-Marie (Elma Anne-Marie), 1951-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Darf Publishers, 2018.
Subjects:
Cairo (Egypt) > Fiction.
Cairo (Egypt) > Social conditions > 20th century > Fiction.
Egypt > Politics and government > 20th century > Fiction.
Egypt > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Social change > Egypt > Fiction.
English fiction > Egypt.
Table of Contents:
  • Good man (1957)
  • Lee is coming (1963)
  • CafĂ© Astra (1967)
  • Kissinger's friend (1977)
  • We can only do so much dreaming (2012)
  • Max (2012)
  • Hookah night (2012)
  • I have made up my mind (2012)
  • Soad (2012)
  • Revolutionary death (2013)
  • God's will (2013)
  • Marwan's return (2014)
  • Escape (2015)
  • Bastille Day (2015).