The Days - Taha Hussein

"It is in this sweet and bitter life, harsh and gentle, which he sometimes loves as intensely as possible, and other times finds as suffocating as possible, that life suddenly smiles upon him one spring day, a smile that changes his entire life. And behold, he knows no loneliness nor feels any desolation when he is alone with himself when night falls, for how can loneliness or desolation find a way to him, and how can those thoughts that used to torment, exhaust, and keep him awake reach him, when there is a sweet, kind voice within him that spreads righteousness and tenderness, and reads to him this or that work from the masterpieces of ancient French literature?" Taha Hussein. Through this series, we recall the creative and historical works and critical studies of the Dean of Arabic Literature - Dr. Taha Hussein, which made their author a model we look to with pride and from whose experience we draw inspiration. How much we need new generations to read these works, presented by the Egyptian-Lebanese Publishing House with a comprehensive translation, explanations of some terms, and an introduction to the notable figures and places mentioned therein, by a selection of professors, each in their field. Author: Taha Hussein