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Rain Over Baghdad

- A Modern Egyptian Novel
Af: Hala El Badry Engelsk Paperback

Rain Over Baghdad

- A Modern Egyptian Novel
Af: Hala El Badry Engelsk Paperback
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What was it like to live in Iraq before the earth-shaking events of the late twentieth century? The mid-seventies to the late eighties witnessed Saddam Hussein’s rise to power, the establishment of Kurdish autonomy in the north, and the Iraq–Iran war. It also brought an influx of oil wealth, following the 1973 war and the spike in oil prices, and a parallel influx of Arab talent, including many Egyptians.
We witness all of this and more through the eyes of an Egyptian woman married to an engineer working in Iraq. The narrator, who works for an Egyptian magazine’s bureau in the Iraqi capital, has a behind-the-scenes view of what was really happening at a critical juncture in the history of the region. Moreover, she has a mystery to solve: an Iraqi woman from the marshes in the south has disappeared, and as the mystery unfolds we learn of her love for an older Egyptian Marxist journalist. This is Iraq before and beyond Saddam, Iraq as the Arabs knew it, in the lives of interesting people living in a vibrant country before the attempted annexation of Kuwait and the American invasion. This is the Iraq that was . . .

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What was it like to live in Iraq before the earth-shaking events of the late twentieth century? The mid-seventies to the late eighties witnessed Saddam Hussein’s rise to power, the establishment of Kurdish autonomy in the north, and the Iraq–Iran war. It also brought an influx of oil wealth, following the 1973 war and the spike in oil prices, and a parallel influx of Arab talent, including many Egyptians.
We witness all of this and more through the eyes of an Egyptian woman married to an engineer working in Iraq. The narrator, who works for an Egyptian magazine’s bureau in the Iraqi capital, has a behind-the-scenes view of what was really happening at a critical juncture in the history of the region. Moreover, she has a mystery to solve: an Iraqi woman from the marshes in the south has disappeared, and as the mystery unfolds we learn of her love for an older Egyptian Marxist journalist. This is Iraq before and beyond Saddam, Iraq as the Arabs knew it, in the lives of interesting people living in a vibrant country before the attempted annexation of Kuwait and the American invasion. This is the Iraq that was . . .

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 488
ISBN-13: 9789774165887
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 9774165888
Kategori: Iraq
Udg. Dato: 25 jun 2014
Længde: 26mm
Bredde: 229mm
Højde: 160mm
Forlag: The American University in Cairo Press
Oplagsdato: 25 jun 2014
Forfatter(e): Hala El Badry
Forfatter(e) Hala El Badry

Kategori Iraq

ISBN-13 9789774165887

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 488

Udgave

Længde 26mm

Bredde 229mm

Højde 160mm

Udg. Dato 25 jun 2014

Oplagsdato 25 jun 2014

Forlag The American University in Cairo Press

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