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The Televangelist, Ibrahim Essa (Translated by Jonathan Wright) 9789774167188, HOOPOE BD6 for GulfWeekly Book Club members
This is the bestselling political thriller from one of Egypt’s most outspoken journalists, Ibrahim Essa, a renowned TV personality and political commentator who lives in Cairo.
Meet Egypt’s top TV preacher Hatem el-Shenawi: a national celebrity revered by housewives and politicians alike for delivering Islam to the masses.
Charismatic and quick-witted, he has friends in high places. But when he is entrusted with a secret that threatens to wreak havoc across the country, he is drawn into a web of political intrigue at the very heart of government.
Can Hatem’s fame and fortune save him from this unspeakable scandal?
A story of modern day Egypt dished up with culture and superstition, virtues and sin, love and intolerance with a double dose of wit and humour.
