When Said Mahran is released from prison, he finds that he has been betrayed emotionally, physically, and intellectually. In his confusion, he strikes back with reckless abandon and destroys himself.
A young man interviews the Egypt "sun king" Akhenaten's friends, enemies, and wife, Nefertiti, in search of the truth about the pharoah notorious for his monotheistic beliefs.
In depicting a medieval Islamic city plagued by corruption and social unrest, the author presents a critique of contemporary moral and political issues.
Follows the stories of Gabalawi, his sons, descendents, and rivals who live out their lives in an Egyptian alley in surprising parallels with their ancient ancestors.
Presents a one-volume edition of the three novels in the Cairo Trilogy which follows three generations of the family of Muslim patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad during the British occupation of Egypt in the early years of the twentieth century.
