Novels under 50 dirhams

The Day Before the Setback   Author: Iman Yahya     A novel that tells of a time of wandering dreams. Three years before June '67, full of events and pregnant with what was to come. The story of Karima, Hamza, and Abdel Moaty,...

Moses' Cross   Author: Haitham Dabour     "And why all these prohibitions? Weren't most of the Lord's Ten Commandments to His spokesman Moses prohibitions? Eight, to be exact. Didn't He do it with Adam and Eve concerning His blessed tree? Prohibitions always precede...

Kimiya   Author: Walid Alaa El-Din     "I have known Kimiya since she came to us as a child who had just left her father's sheep to graze, a soul exposed to what we cannot see. Some described her as mad, while others...

The Clay Man   Author: Rehab Louay     The short story collection "The Clay Man" opens a window into overlooked lives through 12 stories that draw you into the crevices of the human soul. In the story "The Corridor," we discover that true...

The Egyptian Labor Corps   Author: Mohamed Aboulghar     This book recounts a dangerous incident in modern Egyptian history, one that was not mentioned in school history books, and no book has been published to document it, despite its profound impact on Egypt....

Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery   Author: Bahaa Taher     "A great love letter to life and people... A novel, masterfully beautiful in its simplicity, spontaneity, and irresistible charm, whether the writer speaks of children or adults, women or men, the sane or...

Beer in the Snooker Club   Author: Waguih Ghali     "You?" he said with scorn. "You stayed in England while the English were shelling Port Said." I said: "Your return would have been of great benefit. Yahya was on holiday in Paris." I...

The Prophet's Trace   Author: Mohamed Abouzeid     "We are presented with a beautiful literary text, brimming with emotions, written by a poet whose captivating language is rich and dense, beginning with knowledge as pain at the book's opening... Mohamed Abouzeid can rest...

Years of Running in Place   Author: Nora Nagy     In her new novel, Nora Nagy presents an extraordinary biography of the senses, from sight to touch, and from taste to smell to hearing, in honor of a revolution that yearned to go...

The People of the Quarter Author: Youssef Ziedan   Youssef Ziedan is a distinguished Egyptian thinker and novelist, holding a professorship in philosophy, history, and sciences. He has published over sixty books to date. His works have received numerous international awards: the (Abdul Hameed...

My Donkey Told Me   Author: Tawfiq al-Hakim     A collection of satirical philosophical articles from the works of "Tawfiq al-Hakim," which were republished as part of "Dar Al Shorouk's" project to re-publish the complete works of the father of Arab theater.  ...

The Literature of Life   Author: Tawfiq al-Hakim     The neglect of cultural development and the failure to grasp knowledge from its original sources to its latest achievements have led to much confusion, muddle, and misapplication of this new literature, "The Literature of...

Disappearance   Author: Hisham Matar     Hisham knows how to stir emotions and instincts; he creates his effect, both on the page and in our nervous system, with the fewest and most telling words. I was captivated. "Ahdaf Soueif" Nuri was young when...

Publication Ban   Author: Haitham Dabour     The minister cracks his knuckles and adds: "This chair... it has its suit... and its cloak and turban too... and the people are weak before the cloak and turban." * * * It is one of...

From the Window   Author: Ibrahim Abdel Kader Al-Mazini     "While sitting on the sofa in this room, I can slightly open the window, seeing without being seen. I stay there until I'm called for food, or it's time to move to my...

The Silence of the Killers   Author: Tarek Imam     "I am the killer who risks his life to leave the world his poems as he wishes them to be: written by a hand without a history, with the blood of victims, at...

The Unjust Village   Author: Mohamed Kamel Hussein     "The Unjust Village" is considered one of Dr. Mohamed Kamel Hussein's most beautiful works, with some even regarding it as the finest depiction of the last days of Jesus Christ. In this story, the...

Farah's Tale   Author: Ezz Eldin Shoukri Fishere     "Did this really happen, or did I imagine the whole thing? Did I really fall in love with Kareem Al-Maliki, the famous actor, and did he fall in love with me, an English language...

Exit from Paradise   Author: Tawfiq al-Hakim     We were talking about the state of theaters in Egypt when Mr. Tawfiq al-Hakim told me that he envisioned dedicating the National Theater to presenting the heritage of Egyptian theater throughout the year, so that...

The Quiet Nest   Author: Tawfiq al-Hakim     We were talking about the state of theaters in Egypt when Mr. Tawfiq al-Hakim told me that he imagined the National Theatre being dedicated to presenting the heritage of Egyptian theater throughout the year, so...