The Bridges of Constantine (39 page)

By the Same Author

The Art of Forgetting

A Note on the Translator

Raphael Cohen studied Arabic at Oxford University and the University of Chicago, and now lives and works in Cairo.

First published in Great Britain 2013

Originally published in Arabic in 1993 as
Dhakirat al-Jasad
by Dar al-Adab, Beirut

First published in English in 1999 as
Memory in the Flesh
by The American University in Cairo Press

This electronic edition published in 2013 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Copyright © 1993 by Ahlem Mosteghanemi

English translation copyright © 2013 by Raphael Cohen

The moral right of the author has been asserted

Quotes from Malek Haddad from
Le Quai aux fleurs ne répond plus

by Malek Haddad © Julliard, 1961 and
Je t’offrirai une gazelle

Malek Haddad © Julliard, 1959 reproduced by permission of Julliard

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