Bestsellers - Novels & Short Stories

Illiteracy Author's name: Agota Kristof The big notebook is about two children, twins who record the horrors of war and learn to spell life and confront it with the cruelty necessary for survival, while simultaneously learning to write and read. There is a double...

The Red Garden Author's name: Mohamed Ait Hanna “When the child, whom we will here metaphorically name “M-A,” left school, as usual, he ran quickly home. Despite the pebble that had become lodged between his finger and the blue plastic slipper he was wearing,...

Mr. Polly's History Author's name: Herbert George Wells In an entertaining novel, not without dark, satirical comedy, the famous British writer H.G. Wells takes us on a long journey with Mr. Polly, during which he tries to find the most important thing he has...

haven Author Name: Edith Wharton What makes someone cling to their principles when deviating from them seems like a path to success? In "Refuge," Edith Wharton tells a deeply human story about the choices that shape our destinies. The novel delves into the conflicts...

The light at the end of the evening Author's name: Maria Jose Ferrada The little girl takes her first steps in life and finds her way in this world. She categorizes things and memories, rearranging the universe by looking at her surroundings: she sees...

The Druses of Belgrade Author: Rabih Alameddine The novel tells the story of Hanna Yaqoub, a Christian man from Beirut whose profession is selling eggs. He happened to be on the docks of the port when a group of warring Druze was led away....

Dark Beach   When the world around you fades, is trust a lifeline... or a noose tightening around your neck in secret? At the farthest reaches of the Earth, where the frost of Antarctica devours every trace of life, lies the isolated island of...

Sea of ​​Darkness Author's name: Mahmoud Maher Geography changes, civilizations age, nations are born and others end, and history remains a witness for you or against you, reminding you of what happened from the beginning of your affair. Thieves often tell of false achievements,...

A Time to Love and a Time to Die   Author: Erich Maria Remarque ‎ A novel about humanity's need for love during a time of war and destruction. Remarque poured all his emotional energy into it, making it, as critics described: "his best...

An Old-Fashioned Girl   Author: Louisa May Alcott   Polly, a country girl, visits her best friend, a city girl obsessed with fashion. The simple girl finds herself struggling amidst the waves of this fast-paced world and falls in love with her friend's liberal...

The Promise of the Blue-Eyed Green Author Name: Ahmed Hassan Jarab     Who said we are free? We are born with names we did not choose, we commit to promises we did not sign, following paths drawn for us even before we understood...

The palm branch Memory of Ashes Author's name: Ahmed Hassan The epic of blood and fire.. It builds its world through the ancient and great heritage of tales of mystery, horror and fantasy in the Arabian Peninsula and the Arab world, especially Saudi Arabia,...

Before you meet him Author Name: Peter Swanson The talented author of *A Class Worth Killing* regales us with a wonderfully gripping tale of a young suburban painter, Hen, whose history of mental instability leads her to murder. After years of trying, Hen settles...

Little Creator Challenge Did you know? General information 🔖 Little Creator Competitions is a set of educational and entertaining cards for children 🙃🙂 💚 Did you know? General information ☘️❓ 🔸 It consists of 34 cards, with 34 questions, and you have to think...

Smart Challenge 100 Questions and Answers Islamic information A. Khalil Tawfiq Musa A challenging game that encourages competition, thinking, and research in children. It consists of 100 questions aimed at increasing children's knowledge in this field, expanding their awareness, and developing their thinking. 100...

Fustat and its gates Author's name: Abdul Rahman Al-Tawil Fustat and its Gates by Abdul Rahman Al-Tawil... The Story of Fustat: A journey through the history of the city of Fustat and its landmarks, and a tour of its most important studied plans and...

Wild Animal   Author: Joël Dicker ‎ On July 2, 2022, two thieves are about to rob a major jewelry store in Geneva. But this won't be a robbery like any other. Twenty days earlier, in an upscale lakeside suburb, Sophie Braun was about...

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King Lear Author's name: Shakespeare Dar Al-Karma is proud to present to the Arabic library the complete translation of Shakespeare's immortal masterpiece, King Lear. The translation, by the great translator Dr. Mohamed Anani, is the finest, most beautiful, and most accurate Arabic text, closest...

Dar El Karma is proud to present to the Arab library the complete translation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece: Othello, in which the great translator Dr. Mohamed Enani excelled, providing the best, most beautiful, most accurate, and closest Arabic text to the original spirit of...

Mythos Greek myths re-told Author Name: Stephen Fry In this vivid retelling by Stephen Fry, we marvel at how wise Athena was born from a crack in Zeus's mighty head. We follow the abducted Persephone into the darkness and loneliness of the underworld. We...

The true promise Author's name: Taha Hussein On their way home, Abu Hudhayfah said to the young man: Woe to you, Ansi! I see in you contempt for our gods and turning away from them. Do you think you have not yet forgotten the...

Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib assumed the caliphate under exceptional circumstances, as sedition was rampant throughout the lands of Islam, and the blood of its caliph had been shed. Ali faced many momentous tasks that could not be postponed, one of the most serious...

writer Author's name: Taha Hussein Whenever his friends heard his premonitions of dreams or waking thoughts, they would urge him to broadcast and publish them. He would smile, then mock, then refuse them and insist on refusing, because he believed that what he wrote...

Taha Hussein was certain that a mature literary taste, in order to form and clarify its features, required listening to different voices; voices from different times, in different languages, and from people of different cultural backgrounds. This contributes to opening the skies of perception,...

Taha Hussein had what could be considered his own cultural project, in which he sought to critically study the arts of ancient Arabic literature on solid scientific foundations, free from all preconceived biases, and characterized by its audacity in criticizing established norms. This led...

days Author's name: Taha Hussein Taha Hussein's eyesight was doomed to fail, but his heart was a beacon of light. He was a child consumed by despair, driven to suicide, only to transform into an exceptional figure who, perhaps, will never be replicated. He...

The two sheikhs Author's name: Taha Hussein The major events that took place during the days of the two Sheikhs are dangerous in themselves, dazzling those who hear or read their news. They do not need to be narrated in great detail by many,...

This book is not solely the voice of Abul-Alaa; rather, it is a boisterous musical embrace of two unique voices in Arabic literature: the voice of the poet, or rather its echo, which has preserved its strength, vigor, and rebelliousness despite the passage of...

Othman The Great Tribulation Author's name: Taha Hussein I almost believe that the Islamic Caliphate, as understood by Abu Bakr and Omar, was a bold experiment that was almost an adventure, but it did not reach its goal, and it was not possible for...

It is as if misery is a tree that strikes its roots deep into our souls, feeding on our days, sucking away our vitality and hopes, then bearing fruit of thorns and thistles that we are forced to chew, for there is no escape...

With Abu al-Alaa in His Prison Author: Taha Hussein This book is considered one of his deepest critical works, most contemplative and poetic, as it approaches the world of Abu al-Alaa al-Ma'arri not only as a poet and philosopher, but as a human being...

Between a lost love and a desperate one, between a sinful love and a forced one, lie suspended souls, imaginations and specters, and the flowing artistry of storytelling created by the Dean of Arabic Literature, who made it a mirror of the human psyche...

Is there a mirror that shows a person the depths of their soul and the souls of others? For the blind writer, Taha Hussein, an ordinary mirror reflecting light would have been useless, but he managed to invent an extraordinary mirror that reflects the...

From Our Contemporary Literature Between the old and the new, between authenticity and modernity, critics' eyes search and comparisons are made. Taha Hussein—the author and critic who delved into classical heritage books—did not fully immerse himself in the past to the extent that it...

Taha Hussein believed that ancient Greek civilization, with its great thinkers and artists, was the most important (perhaps even the sole) source of modern European civilization, from whose achievements all humanity has benefited. However, the process was not easy, as European thought underwent continuous...

A thousand years separated Al-Mutanabbi and Taha Hussein, yet this did not prevent each of the two great writers from being in the company of the other, and this book from being with anyone who wished to draw from the wellspring of what that...

It is wonderful for one to find a time when their soul flourishes, and their thoughts and memories become pleasant, a time when they sit with themselves and for themselves, conversing honestly and reproaching themselves for what they neglected and what life's events and...

Why "From There"? Because one who looks deep within themselves, into the depths of people, and into the world around them, needs from time to time to change their perspectives and directions. They need to set foot—or let their imagination—in new places, shake new...

Colors The great writer Taha Hussein's intense desire for knowledge drove him from his youth until the last days of his life. He would spend long hours daily listening to his assistants or colleagues read to him whatever books he wished, and even after...

Taha Hussein, The Forgotten Days Author's name: Ibrahim Abdel Aziz Taha Hussein's book, "The Forgotten Days," reopens pages that were never written. This completes what the Dean of Arabic Literature, Taha Hussein, left off in his most famous biography. It is not a traditional...

Amidst life's tumultuous events, there are individuals whose readings become the main event; they live what they read, escaping the monotony of daily life into lives that know no temporal or spatial boundaries, as if they detach from reality and merge with it at...

If the summer heat makes people seek idleness and laziness, spending their nights in entertainment and flocking to summer resorts, then winter, with its cold and gloom, is a season for work and postponed pleasures. The cycle of life continues from the frivolity of...

In this book, the Dean of Arabic Literature presents a collection of essays covering a variety of topics, ranging from literary criticism and a review of the Egyptian cultural climate to a presentation of his country's social and political problems, which greatly increased before...

The tormented on earth Author's name: Taha Hussein Taha Hussein excelled here in depicting several scenes from the painful Egyptian reality of the 1940s, a reality rife with poverty, ignorance, and classism; a society that cared little for those without wealth, nor looked down...

Sometimes, writers tire of talking about history, criticism, literature, and its issues; they long for readers to know them as friends, not just as writers. They want to engage in simple, heartfelt conversations, free from debate or contention, thus fostering a human connection between...

In this book, Taha Hussein endeavors to revive an ancient literary art form known as "epigram" (meaning "inscription" in Greek). He believes that this literary genre is well-suited to our fast-paced modern life, with its numerous responsibilities that make people prefer brevity over verbose...

Abridged One Thousand and One Nights   It is the school of Eastern narrative that taught the world how to tell stories, and how to penetrate the impossible with imagination. Is it the genius of Scheherazade who made storytelling her means of survival, or...

There are 3 on the island Author's Name: Lucy Maud Montgomery If Lucy Maud Montgomery hadn't yielded to her first publisher's wishes and published Anne of the Island, her third novel in the Anne of Green Grove series, seven years later, she would have...

The Devil's Beloved Author: Mohammed Yıldız     The tree must shed its dry leaves to be able to flourish again