The City Always Wins

Name: The City Always Wins
ISBN: 9780571335206

by Omar Robert Hamilton

Betty Trask · 2018 · Winner

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Faber & FaberApril 6, 2017Literary FictionISBN 9780571335206

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Betty Trask Award	2018	Winner	“For its urgent, visceral account of the Egyptian Revolution and the media workers who documented it — a debut of political courage and literary skill.”

About This Book

Omar Robert Hamilton's debut novel is set during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and its aftermath, following two journalists — Mariam and Khalil — as they document the uprising and the counterrevolution through a network of activists and media workers. A novel of collective hope and political tragedy, it won the Betty Trask Prize in 2018.

About the Author

Omar Robert HamiltonGB

Omar Robert Hamilton is a British-Egyptian filmmaker and novelist born in 1984. He studied at SOAS, University of London, and has lived and worked in Cairo, London, and New York. He is a co-founder of the Cinema Politica network and the Mosireen media collective in Cairo, which documented the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Read more →