zaat

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zaat is written by sonallah ibrahim and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9774248449 (ISBN 10) and 9789774248443 (ISBN 13).

This novel tells the story of the life of an Egyptian woman--the eponymous Zaat--during the regimes of three Egyptian presidnets: Abdel Nasser, Sadat, and Mubarak. It takes a humorous but often black look at the changes that have occurred in Egypt over the past few decades. Zaat's life experiences and relationships are set against economic and social upheavals in a style that is both sophisticated and bawdy, highly ironic and often extremely poignant.