At Bab Zuweila

"A truly remarkable book, in the fullest and truest sense of the word."This is how the Dean of Arabic Literature, Taha Hussein, introduces this unique historical novel, which recounts the end of the Mamluk era in Egypt with the hanging of their last Sultan at Bab Zuweila.As oppression grew heavier on the resident Roman merchants and their families, and unbearable taxes were imposed upon them, Prin...