Menorahs and Minarets: A Novel is a 2017 book by Egyptian author Kamal Ruhayyim.

Menorahs and Minarets: A Novel
English edition
AuthorKamal Ruhayyim
TranslatorSarah Enany
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical Fiction
PublisherHoopoe
Publication date
2017
Pages264
ISBN978-9774168314

It constitutes the third part of the "Galal trilogy", dealing with the life of Galal, an Egyptian man with a Muslim father and a Jewish mother. After residing a decade in Paris, he returns to Cairo in the 1970s, where he faces the fact that he no longer belongs to his old Egyptian home.[1][2]

This book was translated into English by Sarah Enany and published by AUC Press.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Menorahs and Minarets
  2. ^ Marcia Lynx Qualey, "The unchangeable past" (review of Menorahs and Minarets), Qantara, 2017.
  3. ^ Kamal Ruhayyim bio at Hoopoe.