{"product_id":"zeina-9780863563553","title":"Zeina","description":"Distinguished literary critic Bodour is trapped in a loveless marriage and carries with her a dark secret. She fell in love in her youth and gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, Zeina, whom she abandoned on the streets of Cairo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bodour doesn't know that Zeina has blossomed into one of Egypt's most beloved entertainers. Pining for her estranged daughter, she writes a fictional account of her life in an attempt to find solace. But as the revolution in Cairo begins to gain fire, the novel goes missing and Bodour must find who has stolen it. Will her hunt for the thief bring mother and daughter together? Or is Bodour destined to lose her daughter to Cairo forever?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaadawi, Nawal El:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Nawal El Saadawi is an internationally renowned Egyptian feminist writer, activist and psychiatrist. She is founder and president of the Arab Women's Solidarity Association and co-founder of the Arab Association for Human Rights. She holds honorary doctorates from, among others, the universities of York, Illinois at Chicago, St Andrews and Tromso as well as Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Her many prizes and awards include the Premi Internacional Catalunya in 2003, the Council of Europe North-South Prize in 2004, the Women of the Year Award (UK) in 2011, the Sean MacBride Peace Prize (Ireland) in 2012, and the French National Order of Merit in 2013. Among her numerous roles in public office she served as the National Director of Public Health and stood as a candidate in the 2004 Egyptian Presidential elections. Saadawi is the subject of the film \u003ci\u003eShe Spoke the Unspeakable\u003c\/i\u003e, broadcast in February 2017 in the BBC One series \u003ci\u003eImagine\u003c\/i\u003e. Her works have been translated into over forty languages and are taught at universities worldwide. They include \u003ci\u003eTwo Women in One\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of a Woman Doctor\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLove in the Kingdom of Oil\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Saqi Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50330099286290,"sku":"9780863563553","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c88d46d2-0e4f-435a-910f-7c406ecdd433.jpg?v=1727791519","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/zeina-9780863563553","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}