Sisters Rose and Gameela Gubran could not have been more different. Rose, an Egyptologist, married an American journalist and immigrated to New York City, where she works in the Metropolitan Museum of
‧ A New York Times Editors’ Choice ‧“Assured and beautifully crafted . . . Hassib is a natural, graceful writer with a keen eye for cultural difference. . . . [She] handles the anatomy
A powerful novel about two Egyptian sisters--their divergent fates and the secrets of one familySisters Rose and Gameela Gubran could not have been more different. Rose, an Egyptologist, married an Am
A mesmerizing debut novel of an Egyptian American family and the wrenching tragedy that tears their lives apartSamir and Nagla Al-Menshawy appear to have attained the American dream. After immigrating
