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To My Father

To the great heart and fortified fortress that clung to my name, establishing its base, strengthening its pillars, and crafting its history. To the one whose memory continues to console me whenever nostalgia overwhelms me and my suffering prolongs. My pen humbles itself and bows down before you, apologetic... We have disrupted your

“Egypt is my poetry”

Longing has led me to you, the entirety of my world, A stream of words in your love is scarce… The critics blame me for you, Ignore their blame, oh date of the palm tree. They don’t know who you are, Who I am, and what the evidence is… I was not a fanatic, But in your love, I

The Flying Fly

Today, I read this phrase: "If you are destined to survive a flood, accept that you will forever be afraid of water." About twenty-five years ago, I developed a problem with my eye; the vitreous body detached from the retina without retinal detachment, thanks to God. The consequence was that I began to see phantom images, like a

The Difference and Integration between Paper Books and E-books

I can say that there are currently no publishing crises like the ones I experienced in the 1970s, for example, when a large number of writers resorted to so-called master printing. Now, electronic publishing has solved this crisis, and many people are turning to electronic publishing platforms to publish their works. These platforms are

Alexandria Revisited - by Souheir Abdelhamid

Coastal cities overlooking the sea have a unique taste, starting from the ease of planning their main streets as a parallel strip to the sea, branching out into longitudinal and transverse streets. This makes it easy to navigate and difficult to get lost while wandering their streets. They also serve as geographical boundaries with other