"... all with professional invitations from prestigious institutions in Europe or the US
which they, like my breakfast hostess, could not take up because Israel refused
them permission to leave Gaza. Life is lived here in an intellectual and
psychological stranglehold. But it is part of the will to survive of Gazans that so
many of them make their voices resonate so far outside. One of these men with a
stream of invitations was Ziad ..."
Cairo Memoir of a City Transformed by AhdafSoueif 208 Pages, Published 2013 by Pantheon ISBN-13: 978-0-307-90811-7, ISBN: 0-307-90811-9
"On the news,I can hear thousands of voices raised in theangry chant: “Wa7ed,
etnein, /el-geish el-Masri fein?” One ... That just leaves Sanaa, seventeen, who
lives in her head but who's also inthe Midan with her friends: taking notes,
collecting ..."
I Think of You by AhdafSoueif 288 Pages, Published 2012 by Bloomsbury Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-1-4088-3599-9, ISBN: 1-4088-3599-1
"In these selected stories from her collections Aisha and Sandpiper, Ahdaf Soueif writes about love and displacement in prose that is delicately nuanced and acutely observed. These are achingly lyrical stories, resonant and richly woven."
Mezzaterra Fragments from the Common Ground by AhdafSoueif 352 Pages, Published 2012 by A&C Black ISBN-13: 978-1-4088-3827-3, ISBN: 1-4088-3827-3
"An official says that because I have a British passport I must go with the '
foreigners' on the bus. 'But she'll sit there for hours,' Angel's mother says. The
man shrugs. 'She's Egyptian', she says, 'and it's her first time here. Let her stay
with us.' He asks me in Arabic if I'm Egyptian. I am. Am I willing to pay the
eighteen dinar VIP fee? I am. He disappears. An exhausted woman comes in.
She says she sat in this room yesterday ..."
In the Eye of the Sun by AhdafSoueif 816 Pages, Published 2011 by Random House Digital, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-307-78925-9, ISBN: 0-307-78925-X
"It's always horrible to do that, I am always expecting someone to ask me to prove
I am Mona Afifi. Or if someone comes in who really ... I am glad that you are well
and having a nice time with Saif in London. I was very happy to get your letter ..."
"Marking seventy years of displacement and occupation in Palestine, Mizna presents The Palestine Issue, centering the Palestinian struggle for liberation and the rich literature it has spurred, guest edited by playwright and poet Ismail ..."
"PALESTINE. BEGIN? Yasmin. El-Rifae. I'm sitting in my office in New York,
lingering over the draft of an email I need to send to the staff. It explains my
complicated trip through Saudi Arabia and Germany and Egypt, finally to
Palestine for the festival. I feel that I am not straightforward enough for these
colleagues, most of whom are three or four hours away from home, their families
a city or a state away instead of scattered ac ..."
The Map of Love by AhdafSoueif 544 Pages, Published 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-4088-3829-7, ISBN: 1-4088-3829-X
"In 1900 Lady Anna Winterbourne travels to Egypt where she falls in love with Sharif, and Egyptian Nationalist utterly committed to his country's cause."
In the Eye of the Sun by AhdafSoueif 800 Pages, Published 2012 by Bloomsbury Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-1-4088-3828-0, ISBN: 1-4088-3828-1
"This is a love story, a story about growing up, a story about what its like to be a women (East and West), a story about the history of the post-imperial Middle East during the last 30 years or so, perplexed and bloody years, and a story ..."
Cairo My City, Our Revolution by AhdafSoueif 224 Pages, Published 2012 by A&C Black ISBN-13: 978-1-4088-3554-8, ISBN: 1-4088-3554-1
"A placard reading barber of the revolution guides you to a free shave and a
haircut. A giant transparent ... Then, in the evening, there is Omar Suleiman: we
watch the veteran intelligence boss interviewed by Christiane Amanpour. Earlier
in the ..."
The map of love sebuah novel tentang kisah cinta yang menggugah by AhdafSoueif 721 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-13: 978-979-3674-43-8, ISBN: 979-3674-43-1