Mikhail Naimy

The Arqash Memoirs Mikhail Naimy The story revolves around the central theme of love. Arqash, an educated young Argentinean of Lebanese descent, falls madly in love with an exceptionally beautiful girl. However, the enamored Arqash soon discovers within love the two eternal, contradictory poles...

Seventy   Mikhail Naimy There is nothing more beloved to readers in general than the biographies of writers and great figures. And there is nothing more beloved to the heart of the Arab reader, in particular, than the biographies of their renowned writers, brilliant...

Seventy Mikhail Naimy Nothing is dearer to the hearts of general readers than autobiographies of great people. And nothing is dearer to the heart of the Arab reader, especially, than the biographies of its prominent writers, brilliant literary figures, and historical icons. A biography...

Seventy Mikhail Naimy Nothing is dearer to the hearts of general readers than autobiographies of great people. And nothing is dearer to the heart of the Arab reader, especially, than the autobiographies of their prominent writers, brilliant literary figures, and historical icons. A biography...

Inspired by Christ Mikhail Naimy     Throughout his literary and intellectual life, Mikhail Naimy was preoccupied with the human predicament of being perpetually torn between the divine, celestial aspect of the self and the earthly, lower one. It almost seemed to him that...

Flashes Mikhail Naimy     This collection of proverbs, sayings, and wisdom, published in Naimy's late eighties, served as the culmination of all his works before he put down his pen and, until his demise at ninety-nine, turned his attention to what lies beyond...

Mirdad Mikhail Naimy "In the mountains of myrtle and frankincense, atop the towering peak known as "the Altar Peak," there still remain the ruins of an abandoned, dilapidated temple called "the Ark." Its history has vanished into the profound depths of antiquity, ending, according...

Stages Mikhail Naimy If every nation has the right to boast of its writers and poets, and to take pride in its geniuses, philosophers, and thinkers, then we, the children of the Arab nation, have the right to place Mikhail Naimy at the forefront...

Provisions for the Hereafter Mikhail Naimy A book in which Mikhail Naimy compiled the essence of his views on people and their relationships with each other, with nature, and with God, all presented in a style of utmost sublimity and clarity. It is a...

O Son of Adam Mikhail Naimy   A scientist invents a device for destruction, then disappears. His country searches for him, fearing he might reveal the secret to their enemies. Finally, a news agency reporter miraculously finds him, leading to a long dialogue between...

Eyelid Whispers Mikhail Naimy       This collection of poems was the dawn of modern Arabic poetry, just as "The Sieve" was the dawn of modern literary criticism. Both paved the way for renewal in the creation and study of literature. The poems...

Paths Mikhail Naimy     Mikhail Naimy is a unique school of thought, a pure doctrine among the noblest of human intellectual traditions, both Arab and global. The book "Paths" is a gem in Naimy's series of illuminating contemplative works. No writer has ever...

Akaber Mikhail Naimy A collection of short stories, first published in 1956. As Naimy maintained in his narrative literature since his first short story "The Barren Woman" in 1914, it strives to be closely tied to people's lives. However, Naimy, a descendant of the...

The Voice of the World Mikhail Naimy A collection of essays, lectures, and radio broadcasts, mostly from the 1940s, right after World War II. Naimy, who experienced war firsthand as a conscript in the American army on the front in France during World War...

Light and Darkness Mikhail Naimy In this collection of thirty-three essays, lectures, and broadcasts, Mikhail Naimy aims to elucidate the falsity that taints our values in this era, which we have grown accustomed to calling the "Age of Enlightenment." This falsity transforms light into...

Karam on the Path Mikhail Naimy   A collection of sayings and proverbs that shine, framed by pure wisdom and keen insight. You read them again and again, and each time you rediscover their profound meanings and greatness, which makes you more attached to...

In the Wind Mikhail Naimy     A collection of engaging articles and amusing stories that Mikhail Naimy accustomed us to presenting from time to time to his readership and admirers of his literature in all Arab countries. In it, he addresses, in his...

In The New Sieve Mikhail Naimy   A book brimming with the opinions of the great writer Mikhail Naimy on masterpieces of world literature and the works of many of our contemporary writers and thinkers. Just as "The Sieve" played an active role in...

Job Mikhail Naimy     "Naimy uses the story of Job in the Torah as a means to dramatize his intellectual convictions on the subject of suffering. He once said in one of his collections of proverbs, "Your enemy is a friend disguised as...

Idols Mikhail Naimy   “Every era has its idols. Some are ancient, inherited by successive generations. Others are new, created by new circumstances. Some are worshipped by all people, while others are worshipped only by a specific class within the human community. Whoever thought...