{"product_id":"you-must-believe-in-spring-by-mohamed-tonsy","title":"You Must Believe in Spring by Mohamed Tonsy","description":"\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-small\"\u003eTwenty years after she first chanted in Tahrir, Hanan’s son is living under military rule in Egypt. Though he is both a disciple of the national Sufi institute and a swimmer representing the Armed Forces, proximity to power cannot undo his revolutionary birthright: like his mother and grandmother before him, Shahed is an undercover rebel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-small\"\u003eWhen a general arrives at the Sufi institute looking for help with a military assignment, Shahed accepts, all while concealing his own plans for resistance. The mission takes him behind the walls of a prison town, inside a secret army barracks in the Sinai desert, and deep into the murky waters of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-small\"\u003eAs he wades through his mother’s repressed memories and the state’s repressed histories, Shahed grapples with the traumas of the revolution and the weight of authoritarian rule, searching for new ways to revolt for freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-small\"\u003eMohamed Tonsy is a queer Egyptian writer and ceramicist. Formerly an architect and a triathlete representing the Egyptian Triathlon Federation, he completed a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Edinburgh. His writing has appeared in \u003cem\u003eMizna\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEpoch Press\u003c\/em\u003e and was shortlisted in MFest’s 2021 Short Story Competition. \u003cem\u003eYou Must Believe in Spring\u003c\/em\u003e is his first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-small\"\u003ePaperback \/ 272 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44052660125911,"sku":null,"price":12.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/9781914221187.jpg?v=1692801736","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/you-must-believe-in-spring-by-mohamed-tonsy","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}