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Sign In New User? Username Password Forgot Password? Browse Special Offers - Up to 80% off! Special offers Fiction Arabic Literature Classics Comics & Graphic Novels Poetry Popular Fiction Romance Sci-fi & Fantasy Thrillers, Mysteries & Crime Nonfiction Arts & Crafts Biography Business Christianity Computers Cookbooks Current Events Decorating Dieting Educational Egypt Flora & Fauna Health History Humor Islam Language Middle East Philosophy Politics Popular Science Pregnancy & Parenting Self-help Social Sciences Spirituality Sports Supernatural Theater & Music Travel True Crime Children's Books Board Books Children's Classics Comics & Graphic Novels History & Social Sciences Hobbies, Arts & Crafts Learn at Home Learning to Read Science & Math Storybooks Young Readers Teen Books Young Adult Readers New Arrivals New Arrivals	Home     About Us    Contact Us Advanced Search  Search:     New Books Used Books All Books   Drumbeat (Modern Arabic Literature (Hardcover)) Mohamed El-Bisatie Price: LE 41     This title is currently unavailable ShareThis Book Summary In a fictional Gulf country, with its gleaming glass towers and imported greenery, the routine of day-to-day life is suddenly interrupted when the national football team qualifies for the World Cup. The Emir issues an edict ordering all native Emiratis to travel to France to support the team, leaving the country to the care of its imported labor. How do they handle such newly found freedom? As though steered by a perverse blend between Dante and Scheherazade, we descend layer by layer beneath the façade of modernity: from the colorful multilingual throngs rejoicing for the Emirati team to the hierarchies that underpin them, from the luxurious gardens and swimming pools into the darker secrets of the bedroom, from the rigid and inhibiting strictures of the present to a remote age of innocence. Three narratives interweave to form a tight and thought-provoking examination of the psychology of control. Drumbeat received the Sawiris Foundation Award for Egyptian Literature. Average customer rating on Amazon: To read reviews go to Amazon. Book Details Language: English Hardcover: 128 pages Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press (2010) ISBN-10: 9774163397 ISBN-13: 9789774163395 Genre: Arabic Literature Size: 13 cm x 20.6 cm Shipping Weight: 71 grams Condition: As New Mandy & Sigrun Say: Translated by:Peter Daniel
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