Stories from the homeland notebook

From stories of the time of the concubines, passing through death on Tel Al-Aqrab, and the adventures of Abdullah Effendi Al-Mir, the Patriarch in exile, and the Denshawai executioner, until Abdel Hakim raised the flag, this enjoyable book contains thirteen exciting stories, many readers may be surprised by their events, not a single line of them is inspired by imagination, nor a single phrase is not based on a reference or source, whether a document, or a newspaper, or memoirs, or studies and research. The great journalist and historian Salah Eissa aimed for this book to be as close as possible to a picture of the homeland, enticing lovers to read about its history, and to be passionate about its love, as it also enticed him. He narrated about the homeland in its broader and wider concept, and spoke about Egypt, and other Arab nations, which were – and still are – "in blood and kinship, relatives in blood, and in history and sorrows, brothers." He was able to transfer the reader, through these stories, to the time when their events took place, with all their features, characters, buildings, incidents, newspapers, and arts, so that they love it, like our great writer, because it is the homeland’s past that we can only love, in its present, past, and future. Author: Salah Eissa Number of pages: 552