Sharkawi, A R <br/><br/>
EGYPTIAN EARTH 

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 - New Delhi  Orient Paperbacks - Hind Pocket Books  1972 
 -  255 
<br/><br/> A twelve-year-old boy returns from his school in Cairo to find his village torn by feuding and fear. A corrupt official has ordered the peasants to irrigate their fields in five days instead of the customary ten, a demand that threatens to severely disrupt the life of this small community.<br/>The schoolmaster Sheikh Hassouna urges the villagers to rebel. But it takes many attempts - some disastrous, others comical and touching - before they join forces to stand against their oppressors. 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Gifted  N.K Kannan Menon Foundation 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English Novel<br/>Arabic Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>F  / SHA