These Bodies of Water A Personal History of the British Empire in the Middle East
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Biographical note
Sabrina Mahfouz is a writer and performer, raised in London and Cairo and working across multiple art forms, including film, TV, opera, dance and music. She is a Royal Society of Literature Fellow and a resident writer at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. Her previous theatre work includes A History of Water in the Middle East, Chef and Dry Ice. Sabrina has edited the anthologies Smashing It: Working Class Artists on Life, Art & Making It Happen, Poems From a Green and Blue Planet and The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write and she is an essay contributor to the multi-award-winning The Good Immigrant.Sabrina Mahfouz is a <b>tidal wave of truth</b> swallowing the banks of empire with a torrent of information which will not be damned. <i>These Bodies of Water</i> is <b>so vast, yet achingly intimate</b>. It is <b>a brilliant piece of work</b> which had me hooked from start to finish.
Lemn Sissay
<i>These Bodies of Water</i> is a <b>bold, brave look</b> at the ways imperialism affects us all, from the <b>universally political to the insightfully intimate</b>
- Riz Ahmed,
Sabrina Mahfouz's poetic talents come to the forefront in this lyrical meditation on the influence of the British Empire in the Middle East. Part memoir, part history, <i>These Bodies of Water</i> defies categorisation in favour of a lucid, tumbling narrative that sweeps you along for the ride.<b> Like all truly brilliant books, it's impossible to put down while you're reading, and impossible to forget about when you've finished</b>
Glamour
Sabrina is <b>a writer of staggering conviction, ingenuity and integrity</b>. Her skills are mighty, her language is beautiful and precise. She's a real one
- Kae Tempest,
<b>Brilliant and profound</b>...this book is about coastlines, cities, climate collapse and capitalism. There's so much going on in it. It's <b>marvellous</b>
- Nikseh Shukla,
A <b>brilliant and fascinating history of the Middle East,</b> forcing us to rethink everything we thought we knew. A <b>completely necessary</b> book for us all as we sit in a post-Brexit world, once more considering boundaries and border lines. Sabrina <b>writes beautifully, using prose, rhythm and poetry,</b> to combine history and memoir in one of the most compelling journeys through the Middle East
- Salma El-Wardany,
I'm a huge fan of Sabrina Mahfouz and her unsurpassed talent to draw a reader in from the first line.<b> </b><i>These Bodies Of Water</i> is a great example of her integrity, her essential honesty,<b> this work is breathtaking and ferocious, uncompromising and powerful</b>
- Salena Godden,
I loved THESE BODIES OF WATER. It's <b>fierce, intelligent, and wise</b>, and everyone should read it
- Joanne Harris,
Just wonderful . . . Such <b>a brilliant and unique way to tackle the impacts of colonialism</b> on a region. I absolutely loved it
- Alya Mooro,
This is a <b>fearless and brilliant </b>book. Each and every sentence is fire!
Nikita Gill
With fierce honesty and lyricism, Mahfouz maps out the story of British colonialism in the Arab world, grappling with the dark foundations of her privilege and challenging the lie of meritocracy on which modern Britain is built
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