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Dongola: A Novel of Nubia Paperback – July 1, 1998

by Idris Ali (Author), Peter Theroux (Author)
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The University of Arkansas Press Award for Arabic Literature in Translation, 1997

In this, the first Nubian novel ever translated, Awad Shalali, a Nubian worker in modern Egypt, dreams of Dongola—the capital of medieval Nubia, now lost to the flood waters of the Aswan High Dam. In Dongola, the Nubians reached their zenith. They defeated and dominated Upper Egypt, and their archers, deadly accurate in battle, were renowned as “the bowman of the glance.

Helima, Awad’s wife, must deal with the reality of today’s Nubia, a poverty-stricken bottomland. Men like Awad now work in Cairo for good wages while the women remain at home in squalor, dominated by the Islam of their conquerors and ignorant of the glory now covered by the Nile’s water. Left to tend Awad’s sick mother and his dying country, Halima grows despondent and learns the truths behind the Upper Egyptian lyric: “Time, you are a traitor—what have you done with my love?

Through his characters’ pain and suffering, Idris Ali paints in vibrant detail, with wit and a keen sense of history’s absurdities, the story of cultures and hearts divided, of lost lands, impossible dreams, and abandoned lives.

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    July 1, 1998
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    6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1557285322
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1557285324
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In this, the first Nubian novel ever translated, Idris Ali paints in vibrant detail the story of cultures and hearts divided, of lost lands, impossible dreams, and abandoned lives.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Arkansas Press; First Edition (July 1, 1998)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 114 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1557285322
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1557285324
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
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I loved this book. It is very well written, excellent story and incredibly interesting. It is not a "heavy" book but one that does engross you and gives you an insight into the history of the amazing Nubian people.
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