{"product_id":"city-of-love-and-ashes-yusuf-idris-9789774246999","title":"City of Love and Ashes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic novel from one of the great contemporary writers of Egypt and the Middle East\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCairo, January 1952. Egypt is at a critical point in its modern history, struggling to throw off the yoke of the seventy-year British occupation and its corrupt royalist allies. Hamza is a committed young radical, his goal to build a secret armed brigade to fight for freedom, independence, and national self-esteem. Fawziya is a woman with a mission too, keen to support the cause. Among the ashes of the city love may grow, but at a time of national struggle what place do personal feelings have beside the greater love for a shackled homeland? In this finely crafted novel, Yusuf Idris, best known as the master of the Arabic short story, brings to life not only some of the most human characters in modern Arabic fiction but the soul of Cairo itself and the soul of a national consciousness focused on liberation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yusuf Idris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9774246993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789774246999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American University in Cairo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.40d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yusuf Idris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941377868031,"sku":"9789774246999","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_794af0d8-1e52-4069-88b0-fce77dd9de14.jpg?v=1681452573","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/city-of-love-and-ashes-yusuf-idris-9789774246999","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}