The Philistine : a novel

Summary: Nadia Eid doesn't know it yet, but she's about to change her life. It's the end of the '80s and she hasn't seen her Palestinian father since he left Montreal years ago to take a job in Egypt, promising to bring her with him. But now she's twenty-five and he's missing in action, so she takes matters into her own hands. Booking a short vacation from her boring job and Quebecois boyfriend, she calls her father from the Nile Hilton in downtown Cairo. But nothing goes as planned and, stumbling around, Nadia wanders into an art gallery where she meets Manal, a young Egyptian artist who becomes first her guide and then her lover. Through this unexpected relationship, Nadia rediscovers her roots, her language, and her ambitions, as her father demonstrates the unavoidable destiny of becoming a Philistine - the Arabic word for Palestinian. With Manal's career poised to take off and her father's secret life revealed, the First Intifada erupts across the border.

Record details

ISBN: 1988130700
ISBN: 9781988130705
ISBN: 1988130727
ISBN: 9781988130729
ISBN: 1988130719
ISBN: 9781988130712
ISBN: 1988130735
ISBN: 9781988130736
Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Publisher: Montreal : Linda Leith Publishing, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

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Additional Physical Form available Note:	Issued also in print format.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record. Online resource; title from PDF version (Library and Archives Canada Electronic Collection, viewed June 25, 2020).