THESE BODIES OF WATER: NOTES ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE, THE MIDDLE EAST AND WHERE WE MEET
By Sabrina Mahfouz
Synopsis
Sabrina Mahfouz once sat in a Whitehall interview room and was interrogated about everything from her political leanings to her private life. It was ostensibly a job interview, but implicit in their demands was the unspoken question: as a woman of Middle Eastern heritage, could she really be trusted? Years later, Sabrina found herself confronting the meaning behind this interrogation, and how it was specifically informed by the British Empire's historical dominance in the Middle East. These bodies of water investigates this history through the Middle Eastern coastlines and waterways that were so vital to the Empire's hold. Interwoven with her own personal experiences, Sabrina combines history, politics, myth and poetry in a devastating examination of this unacknowledged part of Britain's colonial past.
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| Narrator | Sabrina Mahfouz |
|---|---|
| Length | 4hrs 58mins |
| Catalogue No. | 16806 |
| Publisher | Tinder Press; 2022 |