If an Egyptian cannot speak English

a novel
Noor Naga
Book - 2022

In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, an Egyptian American woman and a man from the village of Shobrakheit meet at a café in Cairo. He was a photographer of the revolution, but now finds himself unemployed and addicted to cocaine, living in a rooftop shack. She is a nostalgic daughter of immigrants "returning" to a country she's never been to before, teaching English and living in a light-filled flat with balconies on all sides. They fall in love and he moves in. But soon their desire--for one another, for the selves they want to become through the other--takes a violent turn that neither of them expected.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Naga, Noor (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2022]
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