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OverviewMeet Hatem el-Shenawi, a Muslim TV preacher who has won fame and fortune through his show delivering Islam to the masses. Affable, sharp-witted, and well-connected to the government and business elite of Cairo, Shenawi seems at the top of his game. But when he is entrusted with a dangerous secret, one that could tip the whole country into chaos, the double-edged sword of his celebrity threatens him with scandal and ruin as he is drawn deeper into political intrigue and the dark underbelly of the state. Fast-paced and brilliantly observed, The Televangelist takes us on a journey into the corrupt nexus of power, money, media, and religious performance that has dominated Egypt in recent years. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ibrahim Essa , Jonathan Wright (Translator)Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press Imprint: Hoopoe Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 20.50cm Weight: 0.450kg ISBN: 9789774167188ISBN 10: 977416718 Pages: 512 Publication Date: 30 March 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsa master of the Arabic language... [Eissa] delivers a double dose of wit, humor and political satire, combined with painstaking knowledge of religion and the media world... Fascinating --Egypt Independent We're in the presence of masterful storytelling... [Eissa] tells the story of Egypt, its society and state, culture and superstition, virtues and sins, love and intolerance... with skilful plotting, surgical social and psychological analysis. --Saad El Din Ibrahim, El Watan the novel of the season... a compelling testimony about this era --The Egyptian Daily a master of the Arabic language... [Eissa] delivers a double dose of wit, humor and political satire, combined with painstaking knowledge of religion and the media world... Fascinating --Egypt Independent We're in the presence of masterful storytelling... [Eissa] tells the story of Egypt, its society and state, culture and superstition, virtues and sins, love and intolerance. . . with skilful plotting, surgical social and psychological analysis. --Saad El Din Ibrahim, El Watan the novel of the season. . . a compelling testimony about this era --The Egyptian Daily Author InformationBestselling Egyptian author Ibrahim Essa is a renowed journalist, TV personality, and political commentator. Well known as the co-founder of the popular Egyptian weekly newspaper al-Dustur and as Editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper al-Tahrir. He lives and works in Cairo, Egypt.Winner of both the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the 2013 Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, Jonathan Wright is a former Reuters' Cairo Bureau Chief and renowned translator known for his tranlsations of Alaa Al-Aswany, Youssef Ziedan and Hassan Blassim. He lives and works in London, England. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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