Butterfly wings /
A chance encounter on a plane throws together Doha, a fashion designer unhappily married to a leading figure in the Mubarak regime, and Ashraf, an academic and leading dissident. The story of their relationship and Doha's self-discovery runs alongside a young Egyptian's search for the moth...
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Cairo, Egypt ; New York, New York :
The American University in Cairo Press,
2014.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- 1. Doha -- 2. Ayman -- 3. Dr. Ashraf -- 4. Hassan -- 5. Clouds Disperse in the Springtime -- 6. Hagga Hikmet -- 7. Salwa -- 8. The Fountain for Lovers -- 9. The Tiger -- 10. Abdel Samad -- 11. Nariman's Room -- 12. Black and White -- 13. A Black Hole -- 14. A Ray of Light -- 15. The Decision -- 16. Dinner with Tchaikovsky -- 17. Father -- 18. Palermo -- 19. Kikhya Mosque Does Not Exist -- 20. Al-Bedawi Set Them Free -- 21. The Demonstration -- 22. Mushira -- 23. Amna -- 24. The Dream -- 25. Qasr al-Nil Jungle -- 26. Detention -- 27. Reconciliation | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 28. Yes, Sir! -- 29. Esmat Bey -- 30. The Minister of Defense -- 31. Release -- 32. Sunshine Express -- Glossary | |
| 520 | |a A chance encounter on a plane throws together Doha, a fashion designer unhappily married to a leading figure in the Mubarak regime, and Ashraf, an academic and leading dissident. The story of their relationship and Doha's self-discovery runs alongside a young Egyptian's search for the mother he never knew, and these intersecting narratives unfold against the background of political protests that culminate in the overthrow of the regime. A moving and at times humorous story, Butterfly Wings is an extended allegory of Egypt's modern experience of authoritarian rule and explores the fractures and. | ||
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