Novels under 50 dirhams

The Journey Author: Eva Stamou ...Games on the sea surface are always fun for the mind and body. The reflection of light on the water's surface, the gently lapping waves kissing the shore and then receding, the small fish as they float with the...

Agatha Author: Ann Baumann A 72-year-old psychiatrist counts the days until his retirement. He lives alone in his childhood home and has no friends or family. He is exhausted and indifferent to everything around him, to the point where he barely listens to his...

The Woman Who Said No to Hitler Author: Wolfgang Martin Roth In the spring of 1938, Hitler forcibly annexed Austria to Germany. To give a false legitimacy to this annexation, a plebiscite was organized, the results of which were overwhelmingly in favor of the...

Copper Trees Author: Lyubko Deresh Steam was rising. The air here was stagnant and still, as if in a large, enclosed barn. Just like before a storm. I approached the dark spot close enough to observe it. Above the gray sand was a sofa...

Pension Georgette Author Name: Ezzat Mostafa Abdel Aal, Gamal Abdullah Mostafa     Happiness touched her heart for the first time since Shady's departure. She stood before the old iron gate, contemplating the faded carvings that covered its frame. Her fingers slowly ran over...

The Time of Tribulation Author Name: Mohamed Fayez Hijazi     After finishing my new novel, and making sure of the solidity of its bricks—as much as I could—brick by brick, it occurred to me to read it to one of the honest priests,...

Bayt Set Author: Ayman El-Aidy   He began distributing candles in a geometric pattern and lighting them, then mercilessly slaughtered the chicken, holding it and splattering its blood on the wall while muttering incomprehensible sentences. Then, with his finger, he drew some Pharaonic symbols...

Mirrors of Aegyptus Author: Hussam Helmy   The novel's events take place within Aegyptus, the name for Egypt when it was a Roman province, during the late reign of Emperor Diocletian, who ruled the Roman Empire from 284 to 305 AD. I have faithfully...

When Women Confide Author Name: Nada Walid Al-Nabarawi   Because women's sorrow runs deep, and their pain extends beyond sight, in a society where their right to live has been stripped away, all that remains for them is to stand together, and to turn...

Happens for Emotional Reasons Author Name: Muhammad Jaafar Highly complex emotional stories in which we become entangled with their characters and their psychological and social crises, seeing through them their need for love and their fragile relationships with themselves or those around them.  ...

Chicurel's Memoirs Author: Ronald Chicurel Chicurel's Memoirs: Childhood Memories of an Egyptian Jewish Grandfather. These memoirs were written by the grandson of the founder of the great Chicurel department stores for his grandson, Ben, at the request of his daughter, Valerie. They depict an...

Surour Author: Talal Faisal Genius or troubled? A true intellectual or someone unable to connect with others? Sincere, innocent, or overly sensitive? Talal Faisal found no definitive answers to these questions while studying the life of this rare, exceptional intellectual: Naguib Surour. He was...

Biography of a Lady-Lover Author: Talal Faisal I was captivated by this small, beautiful book, and my heart was filled with joy that a new Egyptian writer had emerged and shone, on the verge of achieving popular success. I had previously read a small...

The Law of Tracking the Dead Author: Yasmin Said El-Gohary In 2030, a group of American researchers at a laboratory in Wisconsin succeeded in discovering the gene responsible for determining the date of death in human DNA. As a result, they developed a test...

Leaving Gyte El-Anab Author: Mai El-Maghraby Mai El-Maghraby builds a world on the verge of being forgotten, as the events of her novel unfold in the marginalized Gyte El-Anab area of Alexandria. She paints a highly specific portrait of her protagonist, "Nasira," and her...

The Spider Author: Mostafa Mahmoud   One of the oldest Arabic science fiction novels, Mostafa Mahmoud left an indelible mark on this genre. A mark that combined his extravagant imagination, smooth style, and deep Sufi philosophical background. It was not difficult for him to...

God's World Author: Naguib Mahfouz   Considered by many to be Mahfouz's most important collection of short stories, it gathers fourteen tales that largely revolve around the essence of life and death. It raises many questions that occupied Mahfouz throughout his life, such as...

Under the Umbrella Author: Naguib Mahfouz   "Then many construction workers arrived, followed by lorries laden with stones, cement, and construction tools. With astonishing speed, they built a magnificent tomb, and nearby, they erected a large bed from stones, covered it with sheets, and...

Dreams of Convalescence Author: Naguib Mahfouz   A unique book in its subject and style, with which Naguib Mahfouz concluded his creative journey by writing texts depicting fragments and specters of his dreams during the convalescence period following his stabbing by extremists, adding to...

The Day the Leader Was Killed Author: Naguib Mahfouz   "At first, we were stunned. It's certainty. Oh, the astonishment! The man is finished?.. Who would have imagined? Why do we sometimes believe that impossibility exists? Why do we imagine that there is no...