Mariam, It's Arwa by Areej Gamal, Addie Leak - 9781649035141

Mariam, It's ArwaA Novel\nAuthor(s): Areej Gamal, Addie Leak\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: American University in Cairo Press, United States\nImprint: Hoopoe\nISBN-13: 9781649035141, 978-1649035141\nSynopsis\n\""Mariam, It's Arwa ultimately offers a powerful vision of hope and humanity in a region long shaped by loss and despair.\""The New Arab\n\nFinding love, comfort, and hope amid uncertainty, two young, Egyptian women reveal themselves to one another in this dreamlike and award-winning debut \n\nIt is during the 2011 Egyptian revolution that Arwa and Mariam meet in a subway station near Cairo University. Arwa has returned from Germany to join the protests, and their chance encounter is to change the course of Mariams sheltered existence. \n\nThey tell each other the stories of their mothers and grandmothers, the histories that have brought them to this point. Mariam was born in Saudi Arabia, and first set foot in Egypt after both her parents were killed in a car accident. Arwas mot.