Escape to Aswan: A Novel

di Amal Sedky-Winter (Autore)

Cune Press,US, 2023

On a brief visit to Cairo to support an investigation her fiance´, a Jewish American journalist, has undertaken, Salma is caught up in the machinations of a new, radical Islamist group with a vendetta against her father, a man with his own dark side. A former lover and Islamist, kidnaps her. He forces her to flee with him from Cairo to Aswan in the far south of Egypt. As they navigate the  backroads, Salma, a privileged Egyptian-American, finds herself hiding under a burqa, running desert sandstorms and relying on the goodwill of poor villagers. A page-turner, Escape to Aswan is not only a political thriller but a dramatic telling of the clashes of culture and class in the Arab world. 

• Autore: Amal Sedky-Winter
• Editore: Cune Press,US
• Anno: 2023
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 264 p.
• Dimensioni: 228 x 152 mm
• EAN: 9781951082581

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