{"product_id":"the-many-lives-of-ibrahim-nagui-a-journey-with-my-grandfather-9781649033802","title":"The Many Lives of Ibrahim Nagui: A Journey with My Grandfather","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE SAWIRIS CULTURAL AWARD \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA multigenerational literary memoir that sheds new light on one of the Arab world's most renowned Romantic poets, through the eyes of his granddaughter \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIbrahim Nagui (1898-1953) was one of the Arab world's most important Romantic poets writing in Arabic during the first half of the twentieth century. A founding member of the Apollo school, he also published widely in the fields of medicine, nutrition, psychology, sociology, and translation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis multigenerational, genre-crossing work of literary nonfiction sheds new light on Nagui through the eyes of his granddaughter, literary scholar Samia Mehrez. Nagui is best known for his poem \u003ci\u003eal-Atlal \u003c\/i\u003e(\"the Ruins\"), which was later sung by legendary Egyptian diva Umm Kulthum. Drawing on a series of family archives, including Nagui's own published and unpublished writings, Mehrez embarks on a journey through multiple languages, generations, and geographies, as she comes to reconcile with the shadow of her grandfather, who died two years before she was born. Mehrez unpacks many of the myths surrounding Nagui and in doing so, reflects on how he impacted her own career as a literary critic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamia Mehrez (Author) \u003c\/b\u003eis professor emerita of Arabic literature in the Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations and founder of the Center for Translation Studies at the American University in Cairo (2009-2021). She is the author of \u003ci\u003eEgyptian Writers between History and Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e (AUC Press, 1994) and \u003ci\u003eEgypt's Culture Wars \u003c\/i\u003e(2008)\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Literary Atlas of Cairo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Literary Life of Cairo, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTranslating Egypt's Revolution: The Language of Tahrir \u003c\/i\u003e(AUC Press, 2010, 2011, 2012). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEleanor Ellis (Translated by) \u003c\/b\u003eis an Arabic-English translator. She holds an MA in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"American University in Cairo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51176369651986,"sku":"9781649033802","price":52.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0e66e717-f9fd-4985-ba82-b4a352205ae6.jpg?v=1744300203","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-many-lives-of-ibrahim-nagui-a-journey-with-my-grandfather-9781649033802","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}