Need an account? Zeina G. In so doing, the plot frames the elections as a non-event, in which things are determined in advance. The fact that Fahmi dies at the end of the novel does not invalidate the point about him embodying the rising elite of the nation. The middle-class girl who participates actively in the organisation of the nationalist struggle in al-Dahik al-Baki is also named Mariam see Chapter 2 , and the cinematic adaptation of Bayn al-Qasrayn transforms her into a full-fledged nationalist activist see Chapter 4.
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