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Something like that Author's name: Ibrahim Aslan The second time I came across that "ebony pen" was in one of the schools I attended. It was with one of the students in the class. He kept it in his locked drawer. When he unlocked...

Two rooms and a hall Author's name: Ibrahim Aslan In "Two Rooms and a Hall," Ibrahim Aslan takes us, with his unique style, into a world of everyday situations that seem extremely ordinary and could happen in any home and family. But with his...

People of the Cave Author's name: Tawfiq Al-Hakim "The People of the Cave" was the first "artistic" play inspired by religious stories in dramatic drama. In it, Tawfiq al-Hakim addressed the issue of time and its meaning in relation to humans and civilizations, posing...

Sad owner Author's name: Ibrahim Aslan And when you pull it, it dangles at the end of the string from its tiny mouth, still trembling, which you feel in the inch handle and hear as a light, wet hum. Then its delicate, slender silver...

Capacity of holding rooms Author's name: Abdul Hakim Qasim The novel (The Fate of Grim Rooms) is an attempt to search for a more beautiful world, through the experience of the narrator Abdel Aziz in Egyptian prisons, in the sixties, across several houses the...

Short stories by Abdul Hakim Qasim Author's name: Abdul Hakim Qasim In this collected edition, Dar Al Shorouk republishes the short stories of the late writer Abdul Hakim Qasim for the first time between the covers of a single book, including his short stories...

Adam was made of clay Author's name: Muhammad Al-Mansi Qandil This book contains a short novel and four stories that all reveal the art of this book, full of nostalgia and longing, and the lyrical style that accompanied its stories from its beginning until...

Pages from Naguib Mahfouz's memoirs Author's name: Raja Al-Naqash Although the great writer Naguib Mahfouz adamantly refused to write his autobiography, the renowned critic Rajaa al-Naqqash succeeded in convincing him to recount it to him instead. Over the course of 18 months, starting in...

Nectar of life Author's name: Jalal Amin This book can be considered the second part of "What Life Has Taught Me?" It is a continuation of it, but not in the sense that it picks up where the first ends, but rather in the...

Pearl tanks Author's name: Khairy Shalaby Can you describe the melody of music and its impact on the soul and spirit in words? This is what the novelist Khairy Shalaby did in his novel “Pearl Tanks” and what its lines convey to us, with...

Muhammad, the Messenger of Freedom Author's name: Abdel Rahman Al-Sharqawi In the introduction to the first edition of the book, Professor Abdul Rahman said: (I do not think that a new book I am writing can add a new truth to what has been...

What life has taught me Author's name: Jalal Amin Many years ago, I saw a silent Polish film, no more than ten minutes long. Its story keeps coming back to me from time to time, especially whenever I see someone from my family or...

Lost lives Author's name: Youssef Ziedan What is poetry? This is a persistent question and a fundamental idea that preoccupies the collection "It's Too Late" by the poet Mohamed Abu Zeid. It begins with form and content, moves on to poetry's relationship with a...

Justice and Art Author's name: Tawfiq Al-Hakim When the deputy public prosecutor wrote “The Diary of a Country Prosecutor,” he didn’t mean a specific deputy or village, but rather depicted human models and social conditions that could apply to every patch of rural Egypt....

Lifetime prison Author's name: Tawfiq Al-Hakim The Prison of Life is one of the most beautiful and enjoyable autobiographies in Arabic literature, and is published by Dar Al Shorouk as part of a project to republish the complete works of the father of Arabic...

Bedtime stories Author's name: Ahmed Al-Deeb It reminded me of Zakaria Tamer's texts. I know that a genuine writer might be upset by being likened to another writer, but perhaps it's my excuse that I really like Zakaria Tamer's stories; hence, I intended to...

New Life Author's name: Orhan Pamuk "I read a book one day and my whole life changed." With these words, Orhan Pamuk begins his novel "The New Life." With it, the hero embarks on a journey to discover the impact this book had on...

soft hands Author's name: Tawfiq Al-Hakim The author shows that work is the basis of life and that high origins and inherited palaces are only the creation of hands like tools. Not every producer is rich, nor every rich person is a producer. What...

The thugs Author's name: Khairy Shalaby In this beautiful novel, first published in 1978, the great writer Khairy Shalaby reveals a page from the secrets of the Delta countryside in the early 1950s. He weaves a rich world about Talaat, who searches for his...

Mrs. Ra's reports Author's name: Radwa Ashour It is a lake. In ancient times, the romantic poet used to picture himself sitting on its banks. Behind him, or perhaps to one side, was a willow with its branches hanging like the braids of a...

Me, my child and the doctor Author's name: Dr. Ibrahim Shukry Me, My Child, and the Doctor is a dialogue between two people about a third party that concerns them. This dialogue or conversation is comprised of some information, guidance, and answers to questions...

East of the palm trees Author's name: Bahaa Taher Hajj Sadiq's sons want to break us as they have always wanted to break us, and your uncle is giving them the opportunity. They tried it with your grandfather before. They tried more than one...

Love in Exile Author's name: Bahaa Taher "A perfect novel." Dr. Ali Al-Ra'i - Al-Ahram "A new model for the realistic novel." Dr. Shukry Ayyad - Al-Hilal "A novel woven by its author with great skill." Dr. Jaber Asfour - Al-Hayat "It's as if...

The mule of the throne Author's name: Khairy Shalaby Novelist Khairy Shalaby presents his novel "The Throne Mule" inspired by a story his mother used to tell him whenever he asked her why some were poor despite their noble origins, and others were rich...

Two branches of aloe vera Author's name: Khairy Shalaby Death and its rituals have a special status in the village. The most important thing that distinguishes it is the complete support given to the family of the deceased, which no house, poor or wealthy,...

Mamluk Desert Author's name: Khairy Shalaby ((Under the umbrella of waiting for the bus, people get to know each other, relationships and friendships are formed, leading to marriages and the opening of new paths to earn a living in projects that emerge immediately -...

Brainwashing Author's name: Khairy Shalaby I was sitting at the front of the room on the Asyuti sofa and I was assigned to sign the stones from the many pieces of hashish that the teachers had thrown in front of me in the coffee...

Doha said Author's name: Bahaa Taher With Bahaa Taher, we are captivated by the magic of the novel. The narrator takes us to distant depths within his characters and, consequently, within us. “Doha said,” and what “Doha” said was different at every stage from...

Love map Author's name: Ahdaf Soueif “A rich novel... a tangled and moving love story that reflects a picture of Egypt at the dawn and end of the twentieth century.” Daily News, New York. “A sweeping, haunting novel.” The Times, London. “A major achievement......

In praise of the novel Author's name: Bahaa Taher “This book is not a book of novel criticism, but rather the opposite, as it faithfully records a laudatory reading of some of the novels and novelists I have loved. They are not all of...