"John Berger, Naomi Klein, Arundhati Roy, Joe Sacco and others examine the consequences of the âWar on Terror.âOn October 7th 2001, US-led forces invaded Afghanistan, marking the start of George Bush and Tony Blairâs âWar on Terror.â Six years on, where have the policies of Bush and Blair left us? Bringing together some of the finest contemporary writers, this wide-ranging anthology, from reportage and âfactionâ to fic ..."
"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 ..."
"... 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(Reprint) Memoir of a City Transformed by AhdafSoueif Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2014 by Anchor ISBN-13: 978-0-345-80351-1, ISBN: 0-345-80351-5
"When throngs of Egyptians gathered in Tahrir Square to demand the fall of Hosni Mubarak’s regime, Ahdaf Soueif—author, journalist, lifelong progressive—was among them. Now, in this deeply personal work, Soueif summons her storytelling talents to trace her city’s—and nation’s—ongoing transformation. She writes of the youth who led the revolts, and of the jubilation in the streets at Mubarak’s departure. We then watch as Egyptian ..."
Cairo(1st Edition) Memoir of a City Transformed by AhdafSoueif Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2014 by Pantheon ISBN-13: 978-0-307-90810-0, ISBN: 0-307-90810-0
"From the best-selling author of The Map of Love, here is a bracing firsthand account of the Egyptian revolution—told with the narrative instincts of a novelist, the gritty insights of an activist, and the long perspective of a native Cairene. Since January 25, 2011, when thousands of Egyptians gathered in Tahrir Square to demand the fall of Hosni Mubarak’s regime, Ahdaf Soueif—author, journalist, and lifelong progressive—has been among ..."
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."
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 ..."
Cairo(1st Edition) My City, Our Revolution by AhdafSoueif Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ISBN-13: 978-1-4088-2607-2, ISBN: 1-4088-2607-0
"From the best-selling author of The Map of Love, here is a bracing firsthand account of the Egyptian revolution—told with the narrative instincts of a novelist, the gritty insights of an activist, and the long perspective of a native Cairene. Since January 25, 2011, when thousands of Egyptians gathered in Tahrir Square to demand the fall of Hosni Mubarak’s regime, Ahdaf Soueif—author, journalist, and lifelong progressive—has been among ..."
Cairo My City, Our Revolution by AhdafSoueif Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2012 by Bloomsbury Uk ISBN-13: 978-0-7475-4962-8, ISBN: 0-7475-4962-1
"Over the past few months I have delivered lectures, presentations and interviews on the Egyptian Revolution. I have had overflowing houses everywhere, been stopped by old ladies in the street and had my hand shaken by numerous taxi drivers and shopkeepers. And all because I'm Egyptian and the glitter of Tahrir is upon me. They wanted me to talk to them, to tell them stories about it, to tell them how, on the 28th of January when we took ..."
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 ..."
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 ..."
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 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 ..."
The Map Of Love(21st Edition) by AhdafSoueif Paperback, 560 Pages, Published 2007 by Bloomsbury Books Import ISBN-13: 978-0-7475-9002-6, ISBN: 0-7475-9002-8
"'I will open the house in Hilmiyya,' he says, 'for three nights, and the Thursdays
and the Fortieth Day.' 'That is dangerous, ya ... And your Mr Barrington and Mr
Blunt are British.' 'I listened,' I wept, 'I heard what Ahmad Hilmi said. I cannot bear
it."
I Think of You(1st Edition) Stories by AhdafSoueif Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2007 by Anchor Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-307-27721-3, ISBN: 0-307-27721-6
"Ahdaf Soueif, the bestselling author of The Map of Love, writes poignantly and beautifully about love, and about finding one’s place in the world. Achingly lyrical, resonant and richly woven, and with a spark of defiance, these stories explore areas of tension–where women and men are ensnared by cultural and social mores and prescribed notions of “love,” where the place you are is not the place you want to be. Soueif draws her character ..."
Education Under Occupation Learning to Improvise by Nick King, AhdafSoueif Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2006 by Discovery Analytical Resourcing ISBN-13: 978-0-9553342-0-7, ISBN: 0-9553342-0-9