Menorahs and Minarets explained

Menorahs and Minarets: A Novel is a 2017 book by Egyptian author Kamal Ruhayyim.

It constitutes the third part of the "Galal trilogy", dealing with the life of Galal, an Egyptian man with a Muslim father and a Jewish mother. After residing a decade in Paris, he returns to Cairo in the 1970s, where he faces the fact that he no longer belongs to his old Egyptian home.^{[1] [2]}

This book was translated into English by Sarah Enany and published by AUC Press.^[3]

Notes and References

1. https://hoopoefiction.com/book/menorahs-and-minarets/ Menorahs and Minarets
2. Marcia Lynx Qualey, "The unchangeable past" (review of Menorahs and Minarets), Qantara, 2017.
3. https://hoopoefiction.com/hoopoe-author/kamal-ruhayyim/ Kamal Ruhayyim bio