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Butterfly Wings: An Egyptian Novel (Modern Arabic Literature (Paperback)) by Salmawy, Mohamed; Cohen, Raphael is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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. Mohamed Salmawy’s almost prophetic novel was first published in Arabic immediately prior to the events of 25 January 2011, and has been celebrated as ‘the novel that predicted the Revolution.’ First published in Arabic in 2011 by al-Dar al-Misriya al-Libnaniya as Ajnihat al-farasha

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Author

Salmawy, Mohamed; Cohen, Raphael

Publisher

The American University in Cairo Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781617975684

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Romance, Language Learning

Rating

3.85 / 5 (11 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14