{"product_id":"moon-and-henna-tree-paperback-1","title":"Moon and Henna Tree - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAhmed Toufiq\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRoger Allen\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the High Atlas in pre-modern Morocco, \u003ci\u003eMoon and Henna Tree\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the rise and fall of a local potentate, Hmmu. Not content with the territory left to him upon his father's death, Hmmu, under the influence of his scheming advisor, Ibn al-Zara, begins a campaign to acquire those lands that adjoin his, either through marriage or physical force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAhmed Toufiq's subtle investigation of the abuse of power and its effects on those who suffer under its tyranny also provides a unique look at Amazigh (Berber) culture. While most of Toufiq's contemporaries focus on modern urban Morocco, he provides a fascinating, and accurate, account of the customs and traditions of a large, yet often ignored, segment of the population. \u003ci\u003eMoon and Henna Tree\u003c\/i\u003e (in the original Arabic) won the Moroccan Book Prize in 1989.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAhmed Toufiq is the Minister of Religious Affairs and Endowments for Morocco. Trained as both a historian and philologist, he is the author of works on pre-modern Moroccan history and the editor of significant source texts in religion and history. \u003ci\u003eAbu Musa's Women Neighbors: A Historical Novel from Morocco\u003c\/i\u003e was the first of his novels to be translated into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoger Allen is Professor Emeritus of Arabic and Comparative Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. He has translated several Arabic novels into English, including \u003ci\u003eAbu Musa's Women Neighbors\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Arabic Novel: An Historical and Critical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48445064708317,"sku":"9780292748248","price":60.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/upL99hV-qC9780292748248_56920183-ae83-4f2f-a8e9-1e5de3d62921.webp?v=1787760177","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/moon-and-henna-tree-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}