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Butterfly Wings

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

Butterfly Wings

By Mohamed Salmawy

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About the book

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...Show more

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ISBN

9789774166426

Publisher

The American University in Cairo Press

Published year

2014

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1

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Butterfly Wings

Format

Paperback

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