I've just come across this fresh review of "Maryam's Maze" written by the Indian writer Viswanathan Somanathan who wrote: "Another thing which I found quite interesting about the book was this. It would have been easy for Mansoura Ez Eldin, as a woman writer from an Arab country, to take potshots at the patriarchal establishment and portray her country in not-so-good light. International readers would have lapped it up. But she hasn’t done that. She hasn’t taken the easy way out. She has written a book where each sentence is beautifully sculpted and where the whole story is a work of art. I admire her for that. (Of course, this is my own opinion. A more informed reader might see underlying subtext in the story.)
I loved ‘Maryam’s Maze’. It is a beautiful, slim gem. I want to read other works of Mansoura Ez Eldin now".
Here is the full review: http://vishytheknight.wordpress.com/2012/10/07/book-review-maryams-maze-by-mansoura-ez-eldin/
