{"product_id":"mariam-its-arwa-paperback","title":"Mariam, It's Arwa - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAreej Gamal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAddie Leak\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinding love, comfort, and hope amid uncertainty, two young, Egyptian women reveal themselves to one another in this dreamlike and award-winning debut \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt 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 Mariam's sheltered existence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey 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. Arwa's mother also died a tragic, early death, and she, traveling in the opposite direction as Mariam, left Egypt to escape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a mesmerizing and otherworldly debut novel about finding salvation and finding oneself, despite the anguish and traumas of the past. It pivots on the present moment of Arwa's and Mariam's unexpected union, and at its heart is a recognition of the women who came before them.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAreej Gamal\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Egyptian writer, translator, and film critic. \u003cem\u003eMariam, It's Arwa\u003c\/em\u003e won the Sawiris Cultural Award for Young Writers in 2021. She has published three collections of short stories and won first prize in the Goethe Institute Cairo's short story competition. This prize-winning story was translated into German and another of her stories was published in English translation in \u003cem\u003eAn Alternative Guide to Getting Lost\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eMariam, It's Arwa \u003c\/em\u003eis her first novel and her first book to be translated into English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAddie Leak\u003c\/strong\u003e is an editor and literary translator from French, Arabic, and Spanish. Her work has appeared in such outlets as \u003cem\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Common\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Georgia Review\u003c\/em\u003e. She has also translated \u003cem\u003eA Mask the Color of the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e by Bassem Khandaqji. She received her MFA from University of Iowa in literary translation, was a Fulbright scholar, and currently lives in Amman, Jordan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 24, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53247170314547,"sku":"9781649035134","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/wfcTRDWqRK9781649035134.webp?v=1776298867","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/mariam-its-arwa-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}