Lyrics alley by leila aboulela6/3/2023 ![]() ![]() As British rule nears its end, the country is torn between modernizing influences and the call of traditions past-a conflict reflected in the growing tensions between Mahmoud’s two wives: the younger, Nabilah, longs to return to Egypt and escape “backward-looking” Sudan while Waheeba lives traditionally behind veils and closed doors. But when Mahmoud’s son, Nur, the brilliant, handsome heir to the business empire, suffers a debilitating accident, the family stands divided in the face of an uncertain future. ![]() With Mahmoud Bey at its helm, they can do no wrong. In 1950s Sudan, the powerful Abuzeid dynasty has amassed a fortune through their trading firm. Lyrics Alley is the evocative story of an affluent Sudanese family shaken by the shifting powers in their country and the near-tragedy that threatens the legacy they’ve built for decades. From the author of the New York Times Notable Book, The Translator: a novel of the “rich and complex world of a Sudanese patriarch in the 1950s” (Sarah Blake, author of The Postmistress). ![]()
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