The Man from Bashmour: A Modern Arabic Novel by سلوى بكر, Salwa Bakr

The Man from Bashmour: A Modern Arabic Novel

سلوى بكر, Salwa Bakr

316 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction challenging reflective medium-paced
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Egypt in the ninth century ad: an Arab, Muslim ruling class governs a country of mostly Coptic-speaking Christians. After an exorbitant land tax imposed by the caliph's governors sparks a peasant revolt, Budayr is dispatched to the marshlands of t...

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