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The turban and the hat
- Title
- The turban and the hat / Sonallah Ibrahim ; translated by Bruce Fudge.
- Author
- Ibrāhīm, Ṣunʻ Allāh
- Publication
- London ; New York ; Calcutta : Seagull Books, 2022.
- ©2022
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Fudge, Bruce, 1967-
- Description
- xiv, 253 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The Napoleonic-era French invasion and occupation of Egypt are often seen as the Arab world's first encounter with the military and technological prowess of the West--and it came as a terrible shock. The Turban and the Hat tells the story of those three tumultuous years from the perspective of a young Egyptian living in late-eighteenth-century Cairo. Knowing some French, he works as a translator for the occupiers. He meets their scientists and artists, has an affair with Bonaparte's mistress, and accompanies the disastrous campaign to take Syria, where he witnesses the ravages of the plague and the horrific barbarism of war. He is astonished by the invaders' lies and propaganda, but he finds that much of what he thought he knew about his fellow Egyptians was also an illusion. Convincing in its history but rich in themes that resonate today, The Turban and the Hat is a story of resistance, but also of collaboration, cooperation, and corruption.--
- Series Statement
- The Arab list
- Uniform Title
- ʻImāmah wa-al-qubbaʻah. English
- Arab list.
- Alternative Title
- ʻImāmah wa-al-qubbaʻah.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fiction.
- History.
- Historical fiction.
- Novels.
- Language (note)
- In English, translated from Arabic.
- Call Number
- JFE 22-4821
- ISBN
- 0857429809
- 9780857429803
- OCLC
- 1276932249
- Author
- Ibrāhīm, Ṣunʻ Allāh, author.
- Title
- The turban and the hat / Sonallah Ibrahim ; translated by Bruce Fudge.
- Publisher
- London ; New York ; Calcutta : Seagull Books, 2022.
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The Arab listArab list.
- Language
- In English, translated from Arabic.
- Chronological Term
- 1798-1801
- Added Author
- Fudge, Bruce, 1967- translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-4821