Lamp and Malika

Author's name: Nour Al-Huda Muhammad

Oh, butterfly of Ahmed Shawqi, and oh, clever bat, you two have spent decades arguing in his poem. Isn't it time for you to reconcile? Isn't it time for peace to prevail between you? A book about light and darkness, about friendship and peace. Inspired by the poet Ahmed Shawqi's poem "The Bat and the Butterfly," which tells of the difference in their natures and life circumstances that leads to their disagreement. However, in the book, they come to accept each other despite their differences, and a deep friendship develops between them. The book talks about accepting differences, friendship, nocturnal and diurnal creatures and the difference between them. It aims to introduce today's children to important Egyptian figures such as the great poet Ahmed Shawqi.