First published as Abū ʻUmar al-Miṣrī : riwāyah; al-Qāhirah [Egypt] : Dār al-Shurūq, 2010. Subtitle from front cover.
Summary:
"A lifetime ago, Fakhreddin had been a naive young lawyer, seeking to fight corruption from his modest quarter of Cairo. Then, a botched attempt on his life forced him to flee the country, propelling him on a wild journey that would take him to Afghanistan's jihadi traing camps. Just as crushed idealism morphs into a vicious cycle of violence and revenge, so Fakhreddin is transformed into a trained killer. But, at the very core of his bold, militant exploits is his broken family, most of all his son Omar-- who he left behind"-- Provided by publisher
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