{"product_id":"wail-of-the-arab-beggars-ismazl-azt-djafer-9781880684962","title":"Wail of the Arab Beggars of the Casbah","description":"Ismaël Aït Djafer's \u003ci\u003eWail of the Arab Beggars of the Casbah\u003c\/i\u003e is an underground classic on French oppression in Algeria. On October 20, 1949, in the city of Algiers, Khouni Ahmed, a tubercular beggar is walking along Rue Franklin Roosevelt. He hasn't eaten. He's holding his little daughter, Yasmina, 9, by the hand. A truck approaches. Suddenly, he pushes the child at the wheels. As she doesn't die, he pushes her a second time. Prosecuted two years later in criminal court, Ahmed is declared insane and committed to an asylum. This horrific event inspired the 22 year-old student Ismaël Aït Djafer to write this impassioned elegy for the girl as an outcry against the extreme conditions of poverty that could cause such a tragedy.\u003cp\u003eDedicated to \"those who have never been hungry,\" \u003ci\u003eWail of the Arab Beggars of the Casbah\u003c\/i\u003e was printed in a small pamphlet edition by the Democratic Union for a Free Algeria in 1951. Its circulation was largely local; but in 1954 Jean Paul Sartre published it in his Paris magazine, \u003ci\u003eLes Temps Modernes\u003c\/i\u003e; and in 1960, the year of Algerian independence from French colonial rule, it was published in book form by Pierre Jean Oswald Editions.This bilingual edition, translated by Jack Hirschman, was published in 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ismaël Aït Djafer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1880684969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781880684962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Curbstone Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.36h x 5.52w x 0.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2004 pg. 56","brand":"Ismaël Aït Djafer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519571046655,"sku":"9781880684962","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c074bb9f-d3e4-4382-a8b6-0d8db851d86d.jpg?v=1778737760","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wail-of-the-arab-beggars-ismazl-azt-djafer-9781880684962","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}