Man from Bashmour By. Salwa Bakr Trans. Nancy Roberts دور النشر Publishers/ During the course of the

During the course of the excavations

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

but on the journey back finds time to keep a detailed journal

وقد قررت القيام بذلك عندما رأيت ما تقترفه يد الاستعمار من أعمال تدمير لبلدي وشعبي

Man from Bashmour By. Salwa Bakr Trans. Nancy Roberts دور النشر Publishers/ During the course of theEgypt in the ninth century ad: an Arab, Muslim ruling class governs a country of mostly Coptic speaking Christians. After an exorbitant land tax imposed by the caliphs governors sparks a peasant revolt, Budayr is dispatched to the marshlands of the Nile Delta as an escort for a church appointed emissary whose mission is to persuade the rebels to lay down their arms. But he is soon caught up in a swirl of events and concerns that alter the course of