Menorahs and Minarets: A Novel is a 2017 book by Egyptian author Kamal Ruhayyim.
 English edition | |
| Author | Kamal Ruhayyim |
|---|---|
| Translator | Sarah Enany |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical Fiction |
| Publisher | Hoopoe |
Publication date | 2017 |
| Pages | 264 |
| ISBN | 978-9774168314 |
It constitutes the third part of the "Galal trilogy", dealing with the life of Galal, an Egyptian man with a Muslim father and a Jewish mother. After residing a decade in Paris, he returns to Cairo in the 1970s, where he faces the fact that he no longer belongs to his old Egyptian home.[1][2]
This book was translated into English by Sarah Enany and published by AUC Press.[3]
References
edit- ^ Menorahs and Minarets
- ^ Marcia Lynx Qualey, "The unchangeable past" (review of Menorahs and Minarets), Qantara, 2017.
- ^ Kamal Ruhayyim bio at Hoopoe.
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