{"product_id":"here-is-a-body-paperback","title":"Here Is a Body - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBasma Abdel Aziz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJonathan Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An unflinching and deeply humane masterwork by a writer of astounding talent and courage.\"--Omar El Akkad, author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Strange Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMysterious men are rounding up street children and enrolling them in a so-called \"rehabilitation program,\" designed to indoctrinate them for the military-backed regime's imminent crackdown on its opponents. Across town, thousands of protesters encamp in a city square demanding the return of the recently deposed president. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReminiscent of recent clashes in Egypt and reflective of political movements worldwide where civilians face off against state power, Abdel Aziz deftly illustrates the universal human struggles between resisting and succumbing to an oppressive regime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHere Is A Body\u003c\/i\u003e is a courageous and powerful depiction of the state cooptation of human bodies, the dehumanization of marginalized groups, and the use of inflammatory religious rhetoric to manipulate a narrative.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBasma Abdel Aziz\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning writer, sculptor, and psychiatrist, specializing in treating victims of torture. A weekly columnist for Egypt's \u003ci\u003eal-Shorouk\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper, she was named a \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e Global Thinker, and a Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute top influencer in the Arab world. A long-standing vocal critic of government oppression in Egypt, she is the winner of the Sawiris Cultural Award, the General Organization for Cultural Palaces Award, and the Ahmed Bahaa-Eddin Award. Her critically acclaimed debut novel \u003ci\u003eThe Queue\u003c\/i\u003e won the English PEN Translation Award and has been translated into Turkish, Portuguese, Italian, and German. She lives in Cairo. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Wright \u003c\/b\u003eis the translator of the winning novel in the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and twice winner of the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation. He was formerly the Reuters bureau chief in Cairo and has translated Alaa Al Aswany, Youssef Ziedan, and Hassan Blassim. He lives in London, UK.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 340\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42161156128903,"sku":"9781649030818","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c3f32e05b80d0ced78f4117f048709ff.webp?v=1733278799","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/here-is-a-body-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}