{"product_id":"new-waw-saharan-oasis-ibrahim-al-koni-9780292754751","title":"New Waw, Saharan Oasis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, National Translation Award, American Literary Translators Association, 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon the death of their leader, a group of Tuareg, a nomadic Berber community whose traditional homeland is the Sahara Desert, turns to the heir dictated by tribal custom; however, he is a poet reluctant to don the mantle of leadership. Forced by tribal elders to abandon not only his poetry but his love, who is also a poet, he reluctantly serves as leader. Whether by human design or the meddling of the Spirit World, his death inspires his tribe to settle down permanently, abandoning not only nomadism but also the inherited laws of the tribe. The community they found, New Waw, which they name for the mythical paradise of the Tuareg people, is also the setting of Ibrahim al-Koni's companion novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Puppet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor al-Koni, this Tuareg tale of the tension between nomadism and settled life represents a choice faced by people everywhere, in many walks of life, as a result of globalism. He sees an inevitable interface between myth and contemporary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ibrahim Al-Koni\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292754752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292754751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies Ut-Austin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.50d","brand":"Ibrahim Al-Koni","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946391142655,"sku":"9780292754751","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_18d499f3-3771-48f4-ae50-43460a345177.jpg?v=1681512879","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/new-waw-saharan-oasis-ibrahim-al-koni-9780292754751","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}