Using life : a novel / Ahmed Naji ; illustrated by Ayman Al Zorkany ; translated by Benjamin Koerber...
Using life : a novel / Ahmed Naji ; illustrated by Ayman Al Zorkany ; translated by Benjamin Koerber...
Using life : a novel / Ahmed Naji ; illustrated by Ayman Al Zorkany ; translated by Benjamin Koerber.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Austin : Center for Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, [2017]
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Call Numbers
G 2018/1747
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Language
English
Arabic
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Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 196 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Austin : Center for Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, [2017]
Place of Publication
Texas
Date Published
[2017]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Upon its initial release in Arabic in the fall of 2014, Using Life received acclaim in Egypt and the wider Arab world. But in 2016, Ahmed Naji was sentenced to two years in prison after a reader complained that an excerpt published in a literary journal harmed public morality. His imprisonment marks the first time in modern Egypt that an author has...
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Full title
Using life : a novel / Ahmed Naji ; illustrated by Ayman Al Zorkany ; translated by Benjamin Koerber.
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Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Emerging Voices from the Middle East
Language note
Translated from the Arabic.
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Call Numbers
G 2018/1747
Record Identifier
74VKVNkWg0x3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVNkWg0x3
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9781477314807
1477314806
DDC
892.737
MMS ID
991024162080802626
