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My debut Novel “Egypt: the Uprising” is nothing like you have ever read before.
It is basically a mix of fantasy , science fiction and hard core ancient Egyptian Mythology. Add a dollop of modern-day interest and quircky characters and there you go !
It is the first of the series: “The Battle for Maat” whose official website is now my original blog. You can find it at http://www.battleformaat.com/
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“Hello World” , offered by WordPress as a mere test salutation, just seems so sweet and appropriate that I have decided
to keep it.
Today, I say hello world with a new voice… my writing voice.
Some of you may be already familiar with my blog Cairote women &other stories where I blog about whatever strikes my fancy.
And for those of you who are not, check out. There’s lots of interesting stuff on there.
My new darling is in the editing process now and I thought that warrants a fresh new site!
So, without further ado, I would like to introduce to you…
Egypt: The Uprising (Book 1 of the Battle for Ma’at)
Expect more news and story tidbits in the upcoming period 🙂
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Here I beg to argue that the root of all evils in Egyptian Sectarian tension is partiarchial misogynist attitudes that feed on tribal values and male chauvaunistic tendencies.
A woman is always at the heart of it all. Camilia , then Abir, and probably to be followed by many other unfortunate souls who are denied their rights to choose their lives, their destinies– and of course , above all, fall in love.
The story always goes like that: a woman, whatever her religion, defies the socio-cultural norms and makes a husband, brother or father angry. It is usually the story of a woman seeking freedom from a shattered marriage; or a young girl looking for love in the arms of someone who happened to be from a different religion.
The angered opposed male figure starts to rally for his cause Matters then escalate into a frenzy.
Men are especially prone to going insane over anything that remotely touches on the hackeneyed concept of “sharaf” or honor– which is coincidentally also our PM’s last name. Their ‘honor’, naturally, is to keep their women nicely tucked away with halos of virtue and chastity , real or imaginary, hovering over their head.
Egyptians… Please grow up before Egypt burns to the ground!