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The lives of two restless women separated both by a century and from all they love most are explored in replete parallel narrativesin this bookernominated third novel from the egyptianborn british author in the eye of the sun, 1993, etc. Diasporic egyptian writer and journalist ahdaf soueifs the map of love works against. Love blurs the lines in the sand the map of love by. The map of love ebook by ahdaf soueif 9780307783554. Ahdaf soueif s novel the map of love, published in 1999, tells the history of egypt through two parallel plots, set at the beginning and at the end of the 20th century. Join him and ahdaf soueif for a discussion on tuesday november 25 at the newsroom, 60 farringdon road, london ec1. The map of love was shortlisted mqp the booker prize. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 529 pages and is available in paperback format. By ignoring egypts majority, morsi begat the uprising against his rule. The words could also describe annas feelings for sharif, and sharifs for anna.
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