Stories from the homeland notebook

From tales of the time of the concubines, passing through death at Tel Al-Aqrab, and the adventures of Abdullah Effendi Belmar, and the Patriarch in exile, and the Denshawai executioner, to the raising of the flag by Abdul Hakim, this enjoyable book contains thirteen exciting stories, many readers may be surprised by their events, not a single line of fantasy inspiration, or a single phrase not based on a reference or source, whether a document, or newspaper, or memoirs, or studies and research. The great journalist and historian Salah Issa's goal was for this book to be as close as possible to a picture of the homeland, tempting lovers to read about its history, and to be infatuated with its love, as it enticed him. He narrated about the homeland in its broader and wider concept, and spoke about Egypt, and other Arab countries, which were – and still are – "in blood and kinship, relatives, and in history and sorrows, brothers." He was able to transfer the reader, through these stories, to the time in which their events took place, with all their features, characters, buildings, incidents, newspapers, arts, so that they love it, like our great writer, because it is the homeland's past that we can only love, in the present, past, and future. Number of pages: 552 Year of publication: 2020 Publisher: Dar Al-Karma for Publishing and Distribution