When he reached the age of fifty, Victor Hugo became a political refugee, causing much concern, confusion, and doubt within the French government due to his writings about freedom, state laws, and the power of those who deviate from them. The French government requested the Belgian government to deport him, and he was transferred by a ship to
When we say we are in a state of nothingness... we find it's a term unpalatable to everyone.
What are you doing? Nothing!!
What are you thinking about? Nothing!!
And we find their arrows of accusations directed at us... You're lazy... You're a failure... You don't have goals. You don't understand the meaning of
Ahmed Hassan El-Zayyat (1885 - 1968) is considered one of the prominent figures of the cultural renaissance in Egypt and the Arab world, and the founder of "Al-Risala" magazine. He was chosen as a member of the language academies in Cairo, Damascus, and Baghdad, and won the State Appreciation Award in Literature in 1962.
He was
The relationship between East and West, and the conflict between Eastern values and Western values, have been- and will remain - a subject of questioning, research, and a theme that stories, plays, novels, and travel literature deal with.
- Tawfiq al-Hakim, “A Sparrow from the East”, a novel in print and a film
In the depths of the primitive night, when tranquility seized the place, and calmness wore the cloak of time. The pleasant darkness of the night, mingled with the serenity of the moon, became so gentle - how to describe it when it was dispelled by the moonlight, forming a painting in itself framed behind nature amidst olive groves. There are
