{"product_id":"rain-over-baghdad-an-egyptian-novel-paperback","title":"Rain Over Baghdad: An Egyptian Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHala El Badry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat was it like to live in Iraq before the earth-shaking events of the late twentieth century? The mid-seventies to the late eighties witnessed Saddam Hussein's rise to power, the establishment of Kurdish autonomy in the north, and the Iraq-Iran war. It also brought an influx of oil wealth, following the 1973 war and the spike in oil prices, and a parallel influx of Arab talent, including many Egyptians. We witness all of this and more through the eyes of an Egyptian woman married to an engineer working in Iraq. The narrator, who works for an Egyptian magazine's bureau in the Iraqi capital, has a behind-the-scenes view of what was really happening at a critical juncture in the history of the region. Moreover, she has a mystery to solve: an Iraqi woman from the marshes in the south has disappeared, and as the mystery unfolds we learn of her love for an older Egyptian Marxist journalist. This is Iraq before and beyond Saddam, Iraq as the Arabs knew it, in the lives of interesting people living in a vibrant country before the attempted annexation of Kuwait and the American invasion. This is the Iraq that was . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHala El Badry\u003c\/strong\u003e is deputy editor in chief of Egypt's radio and television magazine. She is the author of four novels, including \u003cem\u003eA Certain Woman \u003c\/em\u003e(AUC Press, 2003) and \u003cem\u003eMuntaha\u003c\/em\u003e (AUC Press, 2006). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFarouk Abdel Wahab\u003c\/strong\u003e is Ibn Rushd Professorial Lecturer in Arabic at the University of Chicago. His most recent translation is Gamal al-Ghitani's \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Epiphanies \u003c\/em\u003e(AUC Press, 2012).\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 490\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47265807401209,"sku":"9789774165887","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/dkHbcUJ1tW9789774165887.webp?v=1768846868","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/rain-over-baghdad-an-egyptian-novel-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}