The House of the Coptic Woman A Novel Nubians and the Western Desert -

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The House of the Coptic Woman A Novel Nubians and the Western Desert -byAshraf El Ashmawi Translated byPeter Daniel Tightly plotted and taboo breaking, this explosive story takes readers to the roots of religious strife where the smallest of sparks can start a bonfire Nader, an idealistic public prosecutor at the outset of his career, leaves Cairo to start a new posting in rural upper Egypt. On his first night, a mysterious woman named Hoda shows up at his lodgings. She is on the run from an abusive husband and,