By: Ahlam Mosteghanemi

The Arabic edition of this book was our book club selection for July 2005. There is also an English edition translated by Baria Ahmar Sreih

By: Ibrahim Aslan

Tales from Fadlala Osman in Arabic was our book of the month in February 2005. For readers in English we suggest his books: Nile Sparrows by Ibrahim Aslan, Mona El-Ghobashy The Heron by Ibrahim Aslan , Elliot Colla

By: Sherif Alsaify

The Arabic edition of this book translated by Sherif al-Saify was our book of the month in January 2005 For a newer English version we recommend: The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day: The Complet...

By: Ahmed El-aidi

Originally in Arabic by Ahmed Alaidy and translated by Humphrey Davis. The original Arabic edition was our book of the month in October 2004. “What is madness?” asks the narrator of Ahmed Alaidy’s jitte...

By: Tayeb Saleh

The English translation of this book is by Denys Johnson Davies and published by New York Review Books Classics. After years of study in Europe, the young narrator of Season of Migration to the North returns to his vi...

By: Mohamed Tawfik

اWhile employing the genre of a fast moving thriller, the author attempts to uncover the intricate dilemmas of Egyptian society. He deploys an original structure with multiple layers and plot lines and does not shy from...

By: Salwa Bakr

الجزء الاول والثاني من رواية سلوى بكر المجلس الأعلى للثقافة

By: Salwa Bakr

This edition was our book of month in October 2003 together with her novel The Man from Bashmour

By: Jalaluddin Rumi

An earlier edition of this collection was our book of the month in October 2003 14th-century Sufi bard Rumi, would feel as overwhelmed as the rest of us when trying to pick out just the right collection of his translated...

By: Mohamed Elbisatie