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In the Heart of Cairo
In the Heart of Cairo | Mahi Wasfy
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When anti-bias educator, Mrs. Magda, becomes the new Theory of Knowledge teacher at the American School in Cairo, she is shocked to discover the ugly truth behind the school's prestigious reputation. Despite the challenges and hostility she faces, Mrs. Magda is committed to achieving her career goal of transforming the environment at the school and making it truly bicultural. Although the school's administration hired her to achieve just that, they realize her aspirations might be a bit too ambitious for their liking.Meanwhile Maha, a senior at the school, just wants to have a drama-free and fun senior year - but gets exactly the opposite. She finds herself caught up in a divine storm where everything in her life goes wrong. Shattered dreams, melodramas, fallouts and love triangles are just a few of the issues she has to battle. Maha doesn't know if she can handle the pressure and risks losing herself in her efforts not to be the class misfit.
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Set in Cairo this book centers around the Amercian School and explores the effect on International Schools on National children.

The subjects tackled here were really thought provoking and this gave me a lot to think about. The identity crisis of young people being educated in an environment that rejects their culture, bias education, the Egyptians who don't speak or understand Arabic, the need to be as Americanised as possible and so much more.

rockpools That sounds fascinating! Is it fiction? 1y
Michellesibs @rockpools yep, fiction. Reads like YA but I was ok with that. 1y
rockpools @Michellesibs will look out for it - thanks. 1y
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