Gamil Attia Ibrahim - a renowned Egyptian author - passed away in Switzerland on April 10, 2020.
Mr. Ibrahim- was a friend of arabworldbooks.com since its founding in Geneva in March 1998.
His novels were featured in our book of the month selection for February 2001 and March 2008.
In 2008, Gamil Attia Ibrahim was one of the recipients of our Tenth Anniversary Award presented to writers and volunteers who played a pivotal role in the success of our club - particularly in its early years- and to writers who have enriched our pages with their creative writing and enlightened us with their progressive thinking.
This special file includes articles by his two good friends Ambassador Walid Abdelnasser and novelist Mohamed Tawfik as well as two short stories in Arabic by Gamil Ateya and related external articles on the author and his work.
On arabworldbooks.com one can also visit:
Gamil Ateya’s homepage one of the first Authors’ pages to be added in 1998.
Khizanat Al-Kalam novel - our book of the month in February 2001 and Scheherazade on the Lake of Geneva – our book of the month in March 2008 which contain more articles and readers’ comments on each book.
