The Completely True Tales of Um Mimi and Sharawi the Adulterer (Paperback)
Fadl, Belal (Author)
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A darkly comic coming-of-age tale set in 1990s Cairo, where one young man's search for art, freedom, and belonging leads him into the strangest household imaginable.
Reviews
"A darkly hilarious, devastatingly sharp portrait of Cairo's underclass in the 1990s. Belal Fadl writes with such verve and vividness that even the most absurd moments feel heartbreakingly real."-Abdelhadi Hreiba, Writer and Cultural Critic"In Um Mimi, Belal Fadl breaks free of euphemism and restraint to deliver a raw, obscene, and hilarious vision of a world where power means exploitation and survival d...
ISBN (SKU)
9781788711142
Dimensions
198
Imprint
DarArab
Published
15, December, 2025
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