{"product_id":"moon-and-henna-tree","title":"Moon and Henna Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in the High Atlas in pre-modern Morocco, \u003ci\u003eMoon and Henna Tree\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the rise and fall of a local potentate, Hmmu. Not content with the territory left to him upon his father’s death, Hmmu, under the influence of his scheming advisor, Ibn al-Zara, begins a campaign to acquire those lands that adjoin his, either through marriage or physical force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAhmed Toufiq’s subtle investigation of the abuse of power and its effects on those who suffer under its tyranny also provides a unique look at Amazigh (Berber) culture. While most of Toufiq’s contemporaries focus on modern urban Morocco, he provides a fascinating, and accurate, account of the customs and traditions of a large, yet often ignored, segment of the population. \u003ci\u003eMoon and Henna Tree\u003c\/i\u003e (in the original Arabic) won the Moroccan Book Prize in 1989.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Ahmed Toufiq","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615866937724,"sku":"9780292748248","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780292748248.jpg?v=1741268396","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/moon-and-henna-tree","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}