![]() ![]() People requiring any kind of document (such as the ominous-sounding Certificate of True Citizenship) must present themselves at the Main Gate of the Northern Building, where they must wait until their case can be processed. Luckily, I know just the place to get our documents approved – the only problem is that we might be in for a bit of a wait…īasma Abdel Aziz’s The Queue (translated by Elisabeth Jaquette, published by Melville House Publishing) takes us to an unnamed (but rather familiar) land where, after a failed coup, power has become focused around a shadowy entity dubbed the Gate. ![]() ![]() After a brief stay in Colombia, our Women in Translation Month travels now take us to Egypt, but unfortunately, as is the case for many world travellers, there’s a need for us to get our paperwork in order if we’re to continue the journey. ![]()
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