Cities without palms
By: Tarek Eltayeb
Publisher: Arabia
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781906697129
Subjects: Migrant labor; Fiction; Illegal aliens; Fathers; Roman; Text
Description: In a desperate attempt to save his mother and two sisters from famine and disease, a young man leaves his native village in Sudan and sets out alone to seek work in the city. This is the beginning of Hamza's long journey.
Notes: Translated from the Arabic.

Commended, Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, 2010.