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The Beggar: Al Shahad

(1992)
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A complex tale of alienation and despair. Unable to achieve psychological renewal in the aftermath of Nasser's revolution, a man sacrifices his work and family to a series of illicit love affairs that intensify his feelings of estrangement. A passionate outcry against irrelevance.

From the Trade Paperback edition.


Genre: Literary Fiction

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