Books

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...

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...

The Devil Preaches Author Name: Naguib Mahfouz   One of Mahfouz's most famous short story collections, and the most diverse among political and social criticism and profound philosophical questioning. Mahfouz was influenced in writing it by the deterioration witnessed by Egyptian society as a...

I Overcome the River Current Saïd Khatibi   The events of this novel unfold between a morgue, a clinic, and an interrogation room where a woman accused of murdering her husband is questioned. On the other side of the city, old militants gather to...

The Perplexing Question Author: Mustafa Mahmoud I asked myself about the happiest moment I had ever lived...? A long reel of scenes flashed through my mind... The moment I saw my first story published, the moment I graduated from medical school, the moment I...

The Devil Rules Author: Mustafa Mahmoud A philosophical and critical book by Dr. Mustafa Mahmoud, in which he provides a deep analysis of the human condition and how the devil can control our lives through instincts and material temptations that distract people from spirituality...

Islam in the Trenches Author: Mustafa Mahmoud People understand religion as a set of commands and prohibitions, rules of punishment, and boundaries of lawful and unlawful, all of which are worldly matters. But religion is something else, deeper, more comprehensive, and further-reaching. In its...

Israel: The Beginning and the End Author: Mustafa Mahmoud   Israel acts as if it is dealing with zeros and expands as if it is frolicking in a vacuum. This collective absence of an Arab stance will have dire consequences, and scattered, individual Arab...

What Lies Beyond the Gate of Death Author: Mostafa Mahmoud The yellow books that speak of the torment of the grave, narrating details, scenes, and stories of what transpires inside the grave, about the two angels Nakir and Nakeer, what they say to the...

The Torah Author: Mustafa Mahmoud The book delves into the historical circumstances surrounding the creation of the Torah, as well as the transformations it underwent during its various alterations throughout the ages. It raises existential and intellectual questions about the Jewish holy book (the...

What is Islam? Author: Mustafa Mahmud The book "What is Islam?" was published in 1979 as part of Dr. Mustafa Mahmud's intellectual project contemplating religion, reason, and humanity. In it, he addresses the state of contemporary Muslims and their lax relationship with their faith,...

The Password Author: Mustafa Mahmoud Dr. Mustafa Mahmoud remains a unique phenomenon that combined literature, medicine, philosophy, and thought. His intellectual works, television series, debates, and discussions continue to spark controversy, invigorating and stimulating intellectual life. Dr. Mustafa Mahmoud remains a value, a role...

The Impossible Author: Mostafa Mahmoud In this book, Dr. Mostafa Mahmoud discusses the concept of the impossible through a series of profound questions that occupy the human mind. He questions the boundaries between the possible and the impossible, and in its chapters, he poses...

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...

The Greats of This World and the Greats of the Hereafter Author: Mustafa Mahmoud   The book begins with a poetic play with a Sufi sensibility, inspired by the literature of the Sufi master Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi. It then moves on to describe the...

Marxism and Islam Author: Mostafa Mahmoud In "Marxism and Islam," Dr. Mostafa Mahmoud seeks to understand each philosophy within its intellectual and historical framework, revealing points of convergence and divergence. He compares historical materialism, the philosophical foundation of Marxism, with the Islamic vision of...

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...

They Resist While Desiring   Author: Salma El Tarzi Through her personal journey of deconstructing her relationship with love scenes in cinema, the author embarks on tracing the prevailing images of the concept of desire in commercial Egyptian cinema. She examines the intertwined factors...

Al-Fahamah (The Perceptive) Author: Shihab El-Khachab In his book "Al-Fahamah," author Shihab El-Khachab presents articles on philosophy, the mass phenomena associated with it, and the popular culture influenced by it, connecting them to daily life. He refutes the idea that philosophy is a waste...

A Fasting Person's Memoirs Author Name: Ahmed Bahgat With every new arrival of this month, something awakens in my heart... something whose essence I don't fully grasp or whose reality I don't know... something akin to the sweetness of first love... or the mystery...