Noah's Ark

In his novel, bestselling author Chalid al-Chamissi tells the intertwined fates of people who have emigrated from Egypt or plan to do so due to a lack of prospects. A young law graduate cannot find a job that matches his qualifications and seeks his fortune in a sham marriage with an American woman. Meanwhile, his ex-fiancée is pressured by her parents to marry an Egyptian who runs a restaurant in New Jersey. The restaurant's cook, who has illegally entered the USA after an odyssey through South America, becomes involved with a shady Egyptian businessman whose son leads a lavish life in London. There is also a philosophy professor at a British university; his cousin, who nearly drowns while trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe; a young Nubian from Aswan; and a clever individual.