Ahdaf Soueif
From the bestselling author of the Booker Prize finalist ,The Map of Love,â€“an incisive collection of essays on Arab identity, art, and politics that seeks to locate the mezzaterra, or common ground, in an increasingly globalized world.,The twenty-five yearsâ€™ worth of criticism and commentary collected here have earned Ahdaf Soueif a place among our most prominent Arab intellectuals. Clear-eyed and passionate, and syndicated throughout the world, they are the direct result of Soueifâ€™s own circumstances of being â€œlike hundreds of thousands of others: people with an Arab or a Muslim background doing daily double-takes when faced with their reflection in a western mirror.â€ Whether an account of visiting Palestine and entering the Noble Sanctuary for the first time, an interpretation of women who choose to wear the veil, or her postâ€”September 11 reflections, Soueifâ€™s intelligent, fearless, deeply informed essays embody the modern search for identity and community.
Nonfiction,Writing,Essays,Northern Africa,Egypt,Politics,Cultural,Israel
Mezzaterra: Fragments from the Common Ground