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The Televangelist
مولانا · Mawlana
Ibrahim Essa (إبراهيم عيسى, born 1965)
Translated by Jonathan Wright
English editions
In EnglishThe Televangelist
Hoopoe · Egypt · 15 March 2016 · Paperback · 488 pages
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Sheikh Hatem al-Shenawi, called Mawlana, answers viewers' questions week after week on Anwar Osman's television show. Funny and clever, he has made a fortune from the screen by telling audiences and the security services what suits them, keeping his own views to himself. His adventures include a relationship with Nashwa, a woman covered entirely in the niqab. Through him the novel takes a satirical look at Egyptian society and at its quarrels over the Hadith, the Mu'tazila, Shi'ism, minorities, terrorism and celebrity preachers, in a climate of fear, informers, bribes and lies.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 554 pages in the original
- Genres
- Satire, Politics (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Egypt
- First published
- 2012 by Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing
- Author's age
- 47 when first published
- ISBN
9789992195239 (original)
9789774167188 (Hoopoe, Egypt)
- More
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