The Fall of the Imam
by Nawal El Saadawi
Publication Date: May 12, 2020
List Price: $14.95
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780863566127
Imprint: Saqi Books
Publisher: Saqi Books
Parent Company: Saqi Books
Paperback Description:
This powerful and poetic novel by "Egypt’s most interesting feminist" (Booklist ) raises awareness of the predicament of women in Egypt. The book tells the story of Bint Allah, a beautiful illegitimate girl, whose father is the Imamâthe religious ruler in Islamic society believed to be representative of God. Bint Allah is falsely accused by the Imam of adulterous relationships, then sentenced to death by stoning. It is through the eyes of Bint Allah that one can see the underlying hypocrisy of a male-dominated religious state.