{"product_id":"tree-of-pearls-queen-of-egypt-paperback","title":"Tree of Pearls, Queen of Egypt - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJurji Zaydan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSamah Selim\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRoger Allen\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShajar al-Durr, known as Tree of Pearls, was one of the most famous Arab queens and the only woman in the medieval Arab world to rule in her own name. Her narrative is one element of a much larger story of the unsettled political climate of thirteenth-century Egypt. In this eponymous novel, Zaydan charts the fall of the Ayyubid Dynasty and the rise of the Mamluke Dynasty through the adventures of Tree of Pearls and Rukn al- Din Baybars, a young Mamluke commander who eventually triumphs as the ruler of Egypt. War, political intrigue, murder, and a female ruler who was born a slave combine for an irresistible story, while Zaydan's keen observations on royal politics and subverted gender roles offer readers a richly detailed glimpse of the cultural milieu of the time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTree of Pearls, \u003c\/i\u003e originally published in 1914, is the last in a famous series of historical novels written by Zaydan, an accomplished historian whose books continue to be read widely in the Arab world today. Selim's fluid translation introduces an English audience to one of the Arab world's influential writers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJurji Zaydan\u003c\/b\u003e (1861-1914) was one of the most important Arab writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth-centuries. He founded Al-Hilal, the foremost cultural and literary journal in the Arab world. Zaydan is the author of two canoni-cal, multi-volume histories of Arabic literature and Islamic civilization and twenty-three historical novels. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamah Selim\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor in the Department of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures at Rutgers University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Novel and the Rural Imaginary in Egypt, 1880-1985.\u003c\/i\u003e Her translations include \u003ci\u003eThe Collar and the Bracelet \u003c\/i\u003eby Yahya Taher Abdullah, winner of the Saif Ghobsh-Banipal Prize, and Miral al-Tahawy's \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Heights.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 04, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757827621152,"sku":"9780815609995","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0959b9d6d168b90bcbc776b59eb5563d.webp?v=1780112713","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tree-of-pearls-queen-of-egypt-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}