A Permissible Dance in a Small Rectangle

(The Story of Gallery 68)

Author Name: Mohamed Riyad

In the crisis-ridden fog of the sixties, "Gallery 68" magazine emerged as a true beacon. It was not merely a literary magazine, but rather: a dream come true: founded by figures such as Edward El Kharrat, Bahaa Taher, and Sabry Hafez. A rebellion against tradition: an attempt to present a different creative vision that changed the map of Arabic writing. A haven for creators: it celebrated names that shaped our consciousness, such as Amal Dunqul, Yahya Taher Abdullah, and Ibrahim Aslan. This book is a documentation of an aesthetic and intellectual movement that established the "Sixties Generation" and whose influence remained present in short stories, novels, and poetry for many years.