Escape to Aswan

A Novel

On a brief visit to Cairo to support an investigation her fiancé, a Jewish American journalist, has undertaken, Salma is caught up in the machinations of a new, radical Islamist group with a vendetta against her father, a man with his own dark side. A former lover and Islamist, kidnaps her. He forces her to flee with him from Cairo to Aswan in the far south of Egypt. As they navigate the backroads, Salma, a privileged Egyptian American, finds herself hiding under a burqa, running desert sandstorms and relying on the goodwill of poor villagers.

A thrilling listen, Escape to Aswan is not only a political thriller, but a dramatic telling of the clashes of culture and class in the Arab world.

©2023 Amal Sedky-Winter (P)2023 Amal Sedky-Winter

The history and politics involved in the story.

I liked the overall story and enjoyed the events in the story and how the author explains the Egyptian culture through out the story from food to way of living. The love triangle that Salma got caught up with.