Author: Gamal Al-Ghitani

For Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, Cairo has always been a place of special resonance. As the place in which he was born and has lived his whole li...

One of Egypts greatest contemporary writers, Gamal al-Ghitani (19452015) was born into a family of modest means in the Egyptian countryside. He tra...

Upon returning from a trip abroad, the authornarrator learns that his father has died during his absence. Crushed with grief and guilt, he begins a...