Sabiha Al Khemir
Sabiha Al KhemirBlue Manuscript

Blue Manuscript

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Blue Manuscript

A quest for the legendary Blue Manuscript of medieval Islam becomes a voyage of self-discovery for characters from east and west in this fascinating, many-layered novel. The Blue Manuscript is the ultimate prize for any collector of Islamic treasures.

About Sabiha Al Khemir

Sabiha Al Khemir is a Tunisian writer, illustrator, translator and expert in Islamic art whose work is concerned with cultural bridging and cultural dialogues. She was the founding director of the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. She was born in Tunisia and grew up in Korba, Tunisia, where she attended Koranic school as a child.She is fluent in and lectures internationally in English, Arabic and French in addition to speaking Italian and Spanish. Her multifaceted approach has been widely recognized..

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The story is very good and interesting. But i think i paid too much for this book, should have waited till it got cheaper.
The Blue Manuscript takes the reader on a journey across continents and through time. It captures the spiritual aspects of artistic creation, the out-of-time-and-space other worldliness of an archaeological dig in a remote desert, and the pressures and politics shaping ancient empires as well as contemporary art markets.
I understand that there are 2 main plots in this book, but twist in twist of a twist of action at the end, makes no sense to me, I litterally got lost in the end thinking - what that book really is about?.
I couldn't get into this book. I returned it to the library.
When Verso Books was having a sale at the beginning of the year, I took advantage of the large discounts and purchased The Blue Manuscript by Sabiha Al Khemir. The fictional story had a fascinating plot that assembled an international cast of characters to an archaeological site in Egypt digging for the Blue Manuscript.
I mostly enjoyed this novel, set in Egypt in the recent past and concerning an archaeological dig at an obscure, remote spot some distance from Cairo. I continually felt it had somewhat rough edges, but I'm not certain how to characterize those flaws.
Can I go lower than one? Okay, I admit it.

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