Drumbeat

by Mohamed El-Bisatie

Book Overview

In a fictional Gulf country, with its gleaming glass towers and imported greenery, the routine of day-to-day life is suddenly interrupted when the national football team qualifies for the World Cup. The Emir issues an edict ordering all native Emiratis to travel to France to support the team, leaving the country to the care of its imported labor. How do they handle such newly found freedom? As though steered by a perverse blend between Dante and Scheherazade,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774167333
• ISBN13: 9789774167331
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.7" x 7.7"