{"product_id":"these-bodies-of-water-3028","title":"These Bodies of Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e'Sabrina Mahfouz is a \u003cb\u003etidal wave of truth\u003c\/b\u003e swallowing the banks of empire with a torrent of information which will not be damned\u003cb\u003e' Lemn Sissay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003ebold brave\u003c\/b\u003e look at the ways imperialism affects us all from the \u003cb\u003euniversally political to the insightfully intimate\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003eRiz Ahmed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Impossible to put down while you're reading and impossible to forget about when you've finished' \u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAre you not made of Suez silt?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow do we know you won't \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eshore our boats \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eby making yourself bigger \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethan we made you?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSabrina 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYears 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart history part polemic and part intimate memoir THESE BODIES OF WATER is a tapestry of writing that tells the story of Britain's relationship with the Middle East in the most revealing terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt;","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44787438092467,"sku":"9781472282484","price":1039.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477373589781472282484.jpg?v=1762819676","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/these-bodies-of-water-3028","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}