{"id":24143,"date":"2025-07-16T17:01:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T17:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dararab.co.uk\/?post_type=product&#038;p=24143"},"modified":"2025-12-06T13:18:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T13:18:29","slug":"translated-arabic-historical-novel-mario-and-abu-l-abbas","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/dararab.co.uk\/en\/product\/translated-arabic-historical-novel-mario-and-abu-l-abbas\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario and Abu L-Abbas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_df_book df-lite\" id=\"df_24144\"  _slug=\"mario\" data-title=\"mario\" wpoptions=\"true\" thumbtype=\"\" ><\/div><script class=\"df-shortcode-script\" nowprocket type=\"application\/javascript\">window.option_df_24144 = {\"outline\":[],\"autoEnableOutline\":\"false\",\"autoEnableThumbnail\":\"false\",\"overwritePDFOutline\":\"false\",\"direction\":\"1\",\"pageSize\":\"0\",\"source\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dararab.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Pages-from-Mario2.pdf\",\"wpOptions\":\"true\"}; if(window.DFLIP && window.DFLIP.parseBooks){window.DFLIP.parseBooks();}<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1174\" data-end=\"1285\"><em data-start=\"1204\" data-end=\"1285\">A visionary novel of sacred friendship across centuries, cultures, and empires.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1287\" data-end=\"1333\"><em data-start=\"1287\" data-end=\"1333\">A mosque. A memory. A map between centuries.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1335\" data-end=\"1538\">In 20th-century Alexandria, a half-blind Italian architect sits quietly in the courtyard of a mosque he once built\u2014listening not for the call to prayer, but for the voice of a man who died 700 years ago.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1540\" data-end=\"1940\"><em data-start=\"1540\" data-end=\"1563\">Mario and Abu L-Abbas<\/em> is a sweeping <strong data-start=\"1578\" data-end=\"1616\">translated Arabic historical novel<\/strong> of spiritual defiance, secret love, and impossible friendships across time. 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