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Comment by salam
May 14, 2006 @ 7:55 am
It was on my list to read soon books..I guess I’m skipping the ones I’m already reading to start it sooner!
Comment by Eman
May 14, 2006 @ 2:33 pm
Salam, I’m glad you’re considering reading that book, it’s really an addictive read. Once you start, you can’t putdown the
book. It’s so nicely written that you go on and on and lose sense of time. Hope you’ll enjoy it.
Comment by Ohoud
May 14, 2006 @ 3:46 pm
I started this book ages back! But never seized to finish it.
Actually its the bluntness and his total
transparency(as you kindly stated),in unfolding the Egyptian society that got me glued to it. But at the same time it was also the reason that made me stop to take a
breather…
He sometimes went into details that I was not really used to hearing (the detail of the gay guy and his boyfriend), it was too focused on and also the girl
and how the shop owner molested her.And also the business man(if I recall correctly) and his affairs.
On the other hand, I dont think that it is wrong since it unfolds
the unkown. A slice of a society that was never uncovered that way.
Maybe I was just too young when I started it. Young to actually associate to those things and
know and accept them as a reality.
I know I’ll go back to it and continue reading it one day.Maybe when Im ready to accept that blunt reality…
Comment by Ohoud
May 14, 2006 @ 4:07 pm
An afterthought comment*
If I may recommend:
If you
liked the theme of uncovering the reality of a society , I’d recomment “اللجنة” لصنع الله ابراهيم
This one is actually more politically
oriented rather than socially and isnt as blunt as “Yacoubain bldg”, it leaves the other part of the reality to be unfolded by you.
Actually both ways I find succesfull. One
enriching your brains and the other manipulate you in a complex process of thinking and dissolving.
And btw, this book was banned in Jordan, I dont know about
Tunasia. So good luck in finding it:p
Comment by Eman
May 17, 2006 @ 2:08 pm
Dear Ohoud, I understand perfectly what you mean about the book. I was shocked too while
reading the details, and sometimes uncomfortable. But as you said, it’s just a reflection of something that’s out there and we’re not that familiar with, so in the end,
although disgusted by reality, it was really informative for me.
Thanks a lot for the book tip, I’ll look for it and read it inshallah. I don’t think it’ll be banned here, will
check it out, since I got some books that are banned in Jordan from the book fair here in Tunisia.
Comment by madiha
May 27, 2006 @ 11:43 pm
I’m a person who really appreciates
good literature, but when this novel tried to picture a typical Egyptian religious man, it brings a terrorist. It’s only another attempt to convince people that true Islam makes
you horrible and you should better be gay! Worthless.
Comment by Eman
May 31, 2006 @ 9:27 pm
Madiha, dear, I believe that wasn’t the message of the story. The sample of the Muslim man was only limited to a certain group of people and not all
Muslims. On the other hand, the story showed us that it wasn’t religion that drove him to terror, but the injustice that he witnessed and the torture for no crime that filled
him with hatred and drove him to revenge and therefore terror.
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