An unknown observer is watching the residents of a small, closely-knit neighborhood in Cairo's ol...

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One of Egypt's greatest contemporary writers reflects on life and loveThis haunting memoir, wri...

In this surrealist novel with political and religious aspects and an edge of satire, the narrator...

The Egyptian Nobel literature laureate in conversation with his friends

'In the course of my long travels I have never seen a city so devastated. After a long time I ven...

The intrigues of an old Cairo quarter: gossip, spells, betrayals, and busybodies in a parable abo...

One of Egypt's greatest contemporary writers reflects on life and loveThis haunting memoir, writt...