Al-Qata’i: Ibn Tulun's Trilogy
by Reem Bassiouney
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Shortlisted for the 2023 Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Literature. Funding is available for translation of all literary and children’s titles that have won or have been shortlisted for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award.
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Dr. Reem Bassiouney is currently a professor and chair of the linguistics department at the American University in Cairo. She graduated from Alexandria University and obtained her master’s and PhD degrees from the University of Oxford. ///She has won numerous awards, including the State Award for Excellence in Literature for her overall literary works, the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature from the Supreme Council for Culture for her “Sons of the People: The Mamluk Trilogy”, as well as the Sawiris Cultural Award for her novel “Professor Hanaa,” and the Best Translated Book Award in America for “The Pistachio Seller” from the King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies. ///Dr. Bassiouney has authored several novels, all of which have been published in multiple editions and translations. Her literary works include “The Smell of the Sea” (2005), “The Pistachio Seller” (2007), “Professor Hanaa” (2008), “Love on the Arabic Way” (2009), “Mortal Designs” (2010), “The Tour Guide” (2017), “Sons of the People: The Mamluk Trilogy” (2018), “Fountain of the Drowning: The Path of Land and Sea” (2020), “Al-Qata’i: Ibn Tulun’s City Without Walls” (2021), and “Al-Halawani: The Trilogy of the Fatimids” (2023).
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The SZBA is presented to writers, intellectuals and publishers whose writings and translations of humanities have enriched Arab cultural, literary and social life.
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- Publisher Nahdet Misr Publishing
- Publication Date 2022
- Orginal LanguageArabic
- ISBN/Identifier 9789771460411
- Pages704
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleAl-Qata’i: Thoulatheyat Ibn Tulun
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