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Being Abbas el Abd: A Modern Egyptian Novel
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A cult classic in modern Arab literature, filled with black humor and satire, reissued in a new edition
“What this inventive and mad novel portrays is the split within Egyptian society, torn between religiosity and liberation.”—Robert Solé, Le Monde
"What is madness?” asks the narrator of Ahmed Alaidy’s jittery, funny, and angry novel. Assuring readers that they are about to find out, the narrator takes us on a journey through the insanity of present-day Cairo—in and out of minibuses, malls, ...
“What this inventive and mad novel portrays is the split within Egyptian society, torn between religiosity and liberation.”—Robert Solé, Le Monde
"What is madness?” asks the narrator of Ahmed Alaidy’s jittery, funny, and angry novel. Assuring readers that they are about to find out, the narrator takes us on a journey through the insanity of present-day Cairo—in and out of minibuses, malls, ...