We are not exaggerating when we emphasize the exceptional role that the great novelist Naguib Mahfouz played and influenced in contemporary Arab culture; a role that transcended the boundaries of literary narration to the spaces of the arts that touched them. If cinema is the most important and most famous of these arts, then I am writing on
She believes that there are events that have become buried in the past, eras that have passed, with which a stream of memories have faded and what has passed has died. However, everything became vivid before her eyes when she entered the elevator with her husband to reach the sought-after orthopedist. She had not anticipated or prepared for
Wisdom sometimes emanates from mouths that have starved and been denied the basic pleasures of life, as if fate has been stingy with them in comparison to what it has bestowed upon others, leading to disparities and the capriciousness of destiny.
The title "Daddy Long-Legs" carries a lot of mystery, secrecy, and overall
These are three feminine deities worshiped by the Arabs before Islam, during a period known as Jahiliyyah (the Age of Ignorance).
Al-Lat: Some say that Al-Lat is the feminine form of the word (Allah). Others claim that it originated from the word (Laatah) which means “to prevent” or “to keep away,” suggesting that
Summer now gathers its leaves and departs, defeated by the coming autumn, which I dearly love—more than spring, winter, and summer. When autumn begins in Alexandria, the number of summer vacationers diminishes. The city, especially areas like Sidi Bishr and Miami, becomes less congested. Typically, the last holiday-goer departs with the
