Books

Arsène Lupin versus Sherlock Holmes   Author: Khamilah El-Gendy What happens when Arsène Lupin, the charming thief famous for his brilliant methods and plans, his biting sarcasm, and his amusing pranks on the police, comes face to face with the world's most famous and...

Differences in Language   Author: Abu Hilal Al-Askari Al-Hasan bin Abdullah bin Sahl bin Saeed Edited by: Jamal Abdul-Ghani Madghamish This book explains the differences between meanings that are so close that distinguishing between them becomes difficult, such as knowledge and cognition, anger and...

The Dunbar brothers' father returns home after a long absence, asking his five sons to help him build a bridge. However, his request is met with refusal from all of them, except for Clay. Between their shock at the betrayal of the brother who...

A Family Crime   Author: Cara Hunter A man murdered in his affluent home's garden; a case closed for twenty years due to an unknown assailant; and a documentary decides to dig up graves to uncover the truth for millions. But the shocking surprise...

The Mouth   Author: Ibrahim Al-Koni Amidst an epic of love and law, between unforgiving sands and legends dwelling in the blue mountains, the novel's protagonist finds himself ensnared by beauty. "The Beauty" is not merely a woman, but a curse and a prophecy...

The Bison   Author: Daniil Granin   In one of his deepest and most contemplative novels, Daniil Granin recounts the biography of the Russian geneticist Nikolai Timofeev-Ressovsky, known by his nickname "the Bison," who embodied a rare model of both a free intellectual and...

The Inspector General   Author: Nikolai Gogol   One of the most prominent masterpieces of Russian literature, it is classified among world theater and is still performed all over the world. Gogol says about his play: "I wanted to gather in it, in one...

Scenes and Comedies   Author: Ivan S. Turgenev   One cannot discuss the theater of the Russian writer Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev without referring to his academic studies and his poetic, novelistic, and short story writings. He completed his secondary education under private tutors and...

A Sportsman's Sketches   Author: Ivan S. Turgenev   This is a collection of short stories published in 1852 by Ivan Turgenev. It was his first major work to bring him fame. He wrote this collection of short stories based on his own observations...

Short Stories, Novellas, and Prose Pieces   Author: Ivan S. Turgenev   Ivan Turgenev was born on October 28 (November 9 in the new calendar), 1818, in the city of Oryol. His father, Sergey Nikolaevich, served in the Yelisavetgrad Regiment stationed in Oryol and...

Faust is the protagonist in the German folk tale of the German magician, Dr. Johann Georg Faust, who makes a pact with the devil. This story has become the basis for various literary works by different authors worldwide, perhaps the most famous of which...

Abridged "The Disease and the Cure" Author: Ibn Al-Qayyim   Abridged by Sabir Fathy   In this book: The scholar Ibn Al-Qayyim clarifies all the traps and snares that Satan sets for humans, and guides us to ways of preventing falling into them. He...

My Old Dog, My Beloved Dog   Author: Osama El-Danasoury   In his book "My Old Dog, My Beloved Dog," the late poet Osama El-Danasoury presents intensely honest and delicate texts, gathering snippets from his life and his journey of suffering with neurogenic bladder...

Azbakiya's Ceremony Tower   Author: Ahmed Nada   These stories form their own world, with unique details and astonishing characters, a blend of intense realism and strangeness that surprises the narrator from the heart of ordinary situations. The narrator is fond of songs and...

Hours of Captivity   Author: Mahmoud El Wardany   The great novelist Mahmoud El Wardany continues his exploration of the world of journalism and giant lie-manufacturing machines, through the journey of journalist "Salim Farrag" to the top of the official press institution, and the...

Cave Cats   Author: Mahmoud Ezzat   In his fifth poetry collection (2021), Egyptian poet and screenwriter Mahmoud Ezzat presents poems in Egyptian colloquial Arabic with a unique flavor, combining intertextuality with the heritage of Arabic poetry and presenting personal visions and existential questions...

My Beloved Daughter   Author: Wi'am Ghaddas   This is what happens to me... Every birthday, I find a new letter in my room, as if my father is telling me a new story about his life and adventures. It's a strange feeling, isn't...

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 Rent Collector   Author: Cameron Wright   Ki Lim and Sang Ly struggle daily for survival in Stung Meanchey, Cambodia's largest rubbish dump. They earn their living collecting recyclables from the rubbish, and their already difficult lives are made more anxious by their...

Orphan Train   Author: Christina Baker Kline   On the cusp of her eighteenth birthday, Molly Ayer realizes she has one last chance. Only months away from aging out of the foster care system and close to being expelled from her foster home, assisting...