Ibrahim Eissa's novel Journey of Blood was our book club selection for February 2017.
Find more information on the book and its author as well as readers' comments on the book's page.
Ibrahim Eissa born in 1965 is an Egyptian journalist and TV personality best known for co-founding the popular Egyptian weekly Al-Dustour. He is currently editor-in-chief of Al Tahrir, which he co-founded in July 2011.
Eissa is described as a “one-man barometer of Egypt’s struggle for political and civic freedom”. Throughout his career, his political stances have brought him into conflict with the state. Three newspapers for which he served as chief editor were closed down, and his novel Death of a Great Man was confiscated.
Eissa has been granted several international awards in journalism and freedom of expression, including the Jobran Towini Award in 2008 from the World Association of Newspapers, the Journalist of the Year award from the British Press Awards, and was one of the winners of Index on Censorship's 2010 Freedom of Expression Awards administered by Guardian Journalism.
In addition to his journalistic writings, Eissa is also a prolific author with novels such as Blood of Hussein, The Last Transfiguration of Mary, Blood on Breast, Death of a Great Man, and National Ghosts.
