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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 challenges of a society at the moment of revolutionary transformation.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Butterfly Wings
• Author: Mohamed Salmawy
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• EAN: 9789774166426
• ISBN: 9774166426
• ID: 02358607
• Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
• Weight: 224 g
• Dimensions: 160 × 199 × 11 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. June 2014

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