
Menorahs and Minarets
Kamal Ruhayyim
Translated by Sarah Enany
Paperback

After ten years in Paris, Galal returns to Cairo, where he finds a society in transformation. Egypt is Galal’s home, but he feels he no longer belongs there. He is caught between his two identities: his Jewish mother’s family are cosmopolitan business people, while his father’s family are rural farmers from the Delta.
Kamal Ruhayyim paints an uncompromising portrait of an older generation dictating how their children live and love. Menorahs and Minarets is the concluding part of Ruhayyim’s compelling trilogy.

- March 1st 2017
- $16.95 / £9.99 / LE200
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9789774168314
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