Description
Decades after an Omani activist known by the nom de guerre “Warda” vanishes, Rushdy—an aging writer and self-described alter ego of Sonallah Ibrahim—throws himself into her diaries and memories to understand what happened to her. His search unfolds alongside a sweeping, high-stakes portrait of the Dhofar Liberation Front and the turbulent struggle to expel British power from Oman and Yemen, where personal devotion and political conviction collide. As Rushdy retraces his Cairo University years and the love that once seemed to outlast time, the novel probes how revolution reshapes lives, how desire can return through dreams, and how history leaves private traces. Written in Ibrahim’s incisive, dreamlike style and framed with Richard Jacquemond’s editorial presence, *Warda* blends political inquiry with intimate longing, turning one man’s quest into a meditation on memory, mortality, and the cost of belief.
Available Editions
paperback
Actes Sud
Published Sep 9, 2002
451 pages
ISBN: 9782742739370
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Details
First Published
2002
Language
eng
Translation
From: ara
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Warda by Sonallah Ibrahim.