Mohamed Shoair's book on Naguib Mahfouz's Children of the Alley was our book of the month in October 2018
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Born in 1974, Shoair is a prominent cultural journalist and writer.
He studied English Literature and is currently the managing editor of Egypt's literary publication, Akhbar Al-Adab.
He has been known to play the role of historian of contemporary Arabic literature.
His book Abnaa Al-Gabalawi: Sirat Al-Riwaya Al-Muharramah (Sons of Gebelawi: Biography of the Forbidden Novel), Cairo: Al-Ain, 2018 was our book of the month in October 2018
