{"product_id":"moon-and-henna-tree-9780292748248","title":"Moon and Henna Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ahmed Toufiq | Roger Allen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46493164306583,"sku":"9780292748248","price":3282.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/moon-and-henna-tree-9780292748248","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}