The study of British and Irish roads - their construction, numbering, history, mapping, past and future official roads proposals and general roads musings. She is five years old when her French mother takes her to visit her Egyptian father, a political activist with a passing resemblance to President Nasser, in prison.

Blue Lorries, Radwa Ashour's beguiling and hard-hitting new novel, showcases the author's native Cairo from the 1950s to 2003.This shifting from Nada’s flashbacks of a liberated and essentially lucky life to stories of cruel incarceration is effective in helping variegate what might otherwise have been only an intermittently interesting narrative. navy blue in colour and without any markings, were travelling North in lane 3, both were bumper to bumper and being escorted by 2 traffic cars and 2 motor cycle outreiders on blues and twos. Some even have onboard sleeping cabins and all the mod cons you could ever need to be an international truck driver on multi-day missions. And to use black background signs for HGV routes, and ensure they've got a DfT approval for the use of HGV symbols outside of the prescribed purposes.

Radwa Ashour’s masterpiece is the story of Egypt in the second half of the twentieth century and a paean to all those who choose a life of activism. When Nada’s twin brothers undergo their political awakening and find their own causes worth fighting for in the 1990s, we see more contrasts between their day and hers but also come to realise that each successive protest movement is simultaneously a sign of the times and history repeating. Nada, as an older woman, traces the jagged course of her life, one that covers her various acts of rebellion and those around her.We also learn that the novel’s eponymous blue lorries are vehicles for transporting prisoners – their tiny metal grilles restricting airflow and limiting visibility for those inside, thus “keeping them that much more tightly in bonds”.

While reading this section repeatedly in the English, a myriad of questions sprung to mind: Did she stay true to the original ending letter of each verse in Arabic? Moving, uplifting, and deeply human, Radwa Ashour's masterpiece is the story of Egypt in the second half of the twentieth century and a paean to all those who choose a life of activism and quiet defiance. The reader follows a young girl and, through her, sees how individuals (including her own father) who are deemed to be political dissidents are whisked away to prison. They have all mod cons onboard, with aircon, hydraulic seat, driver aids and all sorts, so whilst you're eating up the miles on the motorway, you'll be properly comfortable.The whole porno thing freaked me out a bit reminded me of a film where some serial killer is driving in a car covered in porn like that. Feistiness blooms into defiance, disobedience at home turns into insubordination towards the authorities. Barnstaple has something similar - its 5 industrial estates are signed with 5 different colour lorries.