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Cairo Book Purchases, Nov 2011
07/12/11 14:06
Fitat Misr (The Egyptian Woman),
by Yaqub al-Sarruf, Published by al-Muqtataf Press, Cairo, 1922.
This is a classic of nahdawi riwayyat, Sarruf’s love story, originally published in 1905, is about the love of an Englishman for an Egyptian (Copt) woman, set against the British occupation of Egypt. I’ve not read it, and will write more when I have a chance to do so. This edition, prepared not long before Sarruf’s death, includes an introduction where Sarruf reflects upon the work, and reproduces page after page of praise given by contemporary literary critics.
Found in a used bookshop in Cairo, November, 2011.
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Al-Radd ‘ala al-Dahriyyin (Refutation of the Materialists),
by Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, translated from Persian by Muhammad ‘Abdu, published in 1320 HQ (1902 AD) by ‘Abd al-‘Alim Salih.
A reprinting of this work (it was originally printed in 1886 in Beirut).
Found in a used bookshop in Cairo, November, 2011.
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