In the early thirteenth century, the forces of the Fifth Crusade came to Egypt and occupied the coastal city of Damietta. Its terrified residents fled in all directions. Egypt's Sultan, King Al-Kamil Nasir al-Din Mohammed, rushed with his forces to resist this aggression, which, if it passed through the routes of the Delta and reached
Could it be possible for a historical novel of this immense magnitude to discuss some groups of humans, the events and situations they lived through in the Mamluk era, and their upbringing during this time, all through the symbols and phrases we use every day and every time? It seems as if the narrator weaves for us a dictionary in a simple,
Bab Zuweila, or Gate of Metwalli, is one of the gates of "Old Cairo" in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. This gate or portal is famous for being the gate under which the heads of the envoys of Hulagu, the Tartar leader, were hung when they came threatening Egypt, which eventually led to the defeat of the Mongols and the rise of the
I met her at the post office, and the post office in my area is located inside a stationery store. Despite her age, her elegance caught my attention. She reminded me of the Queen in her fashionable attire and cheerful colors, as if everyone of this age follows her lead in dress and smiles.
She stands firm with a magnifying glass in
Three photographers who took pictures of Princess Diana and her Egyptian boyfriend, Dodi Al-Fayed, at the time of the accident that took their lives in Paris in 1997, are being tried for invading privacy. The three photographers were accused of taking photos considered inappropriate for the accident victims before and after their deaths among
