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Wholesale Orchards of Basra by Mansoura Ez-Eldin
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Wholesale Orchards of Basra by Mansoura Ez-Eldin
Wholesale Orchards of Basra by Mansoura Ez-Eldin
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[Interlink Publishing Group] A historical novel that shifts between contemporary Cairo and Ancient Iraq. In this captivating and remarkably translated novel, Mansoura Ez-Eldin invites us to a round trip in time and space, between Cairo and Basra in Iraq, to meet timeless characters in a masterfully-told story which subtly mixes fiction and historical reality. Hisham lives at home with his impoverished mother in Minya, on the western bank of the Nile. Like so many other young people in Egypt, who have managed to attend college, he lacks the connections to find well-paying work. So he makes ends meet finding and reselling old and rare books, driven by a selfless passion for the history of Islam, its great thinkers and currents of ideas. His interests lead him to a mentor, for whom he finds books and manuscripts. Although an apprentice, Hisham shares with his teacher valuable insights into the old texts. While he is given no credit and his work is taken for granted, he is led
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SKU: 9781623716219 Made in United States Weight: 158.76 g (5.6 oz) Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.3 x 1.3 cm (8 x 5.3 x 0.5 in)


