Dar Al Shorouk

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Partial Secularism and Comprehensive Secularism, Part 1     Author: Abdelwahab El-Messiri   This study attempts to dispel some of the ambiguity surrounding "secularism," which has become one of the most important terms in analytical discourse, and to arrive at a complex definition for...

Partial Secularism and Comprehensive Secularism - Part 2     Author: Abdul-Wahab El-Messiri   This study attempts to dispel some of the ambiguity surrounding "secularism," which has become one of the most important terms in analytical discourse, and to arrive at a complex definition...

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...

Hussein as a Rebel    Author: Abdul Rahman Al-Sharqawi   The play acquired its linguistic and environmental identity, distinguishing it from other forms of theatrical literature influenced by Western trends and Greek epic poetry. The poet Abdul Rahman Al-Sharqawi was able to soar with...

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...

Memoirs of an Egyptian Jew   Author: Albert Arieh     "Some may wonder why I chose to write my memoirs, why I didn't write them before, and why I chose to do so in my later years. The truth is, I didn't choose...

Ali, Imam of the Pious - Part Two   Author: Abdul Rahman Al-Sharqawi     With his charming and wonderful narrative style, Al-Sharqawi concluded the first part of this enjoyable book with the caliphate being established for Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be...

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....

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...