Egyptian Earth
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Book Egyptian Earth
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Egyptian Earth
| Author: | Abdel Rahman Al-Sharqawi |
| Category: | Earth Science And Geology [Edit] |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | دار الساقي للطباعة والنشر |
| ISBN: | 863565131 |
| Release Date: | 01 Mar 2005 |
| Pages: | 251 |
| Rank: | 806,240 No 1 most popular |
| Short link: | Copy |
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Book Description
The narrator of this Egyptian novel is a twelve- year- old boy, who returns from his primary school in the city to find his village torn with feud and anxiety. The Omda, the corrupt district representative of a corrupt People's Party Government, has decreed that the people shall only have five days, instead of the customary ten, in which to irrigate their fields. This simple order is likely to disrupt the economy and the life of the whole village, and the elders respond to it indignantly. But rebelion is contrary to their traditional attitude of servility and Laissez faire, and it takes many attempts, some of them disastrous, others comical and touching, before Sheikh Hassouna, a schoolmaster from Cairo with relatives in the village, is able to organize anything like effective resistance. For the younger inhabitants of the village there are other preoccupations; not least amongst them the disturbingly beautiful Waseefa, who haunts their dreams and evades their advances.
A twelve- year- old returns from his school in Cairo to find his village from by feuding and fear. A corrupt official has ordered the peasants to irrigate their fields in five days instead of the customary ten, a demand that threatens to severely disrupt the life of this small community.
The schoolmaster Sheikh Hassouna urges the villagers to rebel. But it takes many attempts - some disastrous, others comical and touching - before they join forces to stand against their oppressors.
Sharqawi's epic novel, set in the 1930s, was first published in 1954 - two years after the Egyptian revolution, A masterpiece of modern Arabic literature, Egyptian Earth has been translated into many languages and was made into a popular film by the Egyptian director Yousef Chahine.
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