Days in America

Among the most oppressive injustices is to judge an entire people with a verdict you are certain of its truth; that is because people are individuals, each one differs from the other, and it can be very difficult or even impossible sometimes to grasp all the faces of the common resemblance that made a group of individuals a single nation with a specific character that distinguishes it. A diary narrated by Zaki Naguib about the period he spent in the United States during his mission between 1953-1954 AD for teaching at the University of South Carolina in Columbia and the University of Washington; in which he recorded what he saw with his own eyes and experienced himself. He traveled east and west to portray for us an image contrary to what cinema screens depict of moral and religious decay; for he is a religious and closely-knit people, who honor their guest, have a sense of humor among their children. In an entertaining style, he describes what he visited of museums, churches, government buildings, and others. He also tells us about the debates and discussions he faced with professors and students regarding philosophy, Islam, its principles, Egypt, and its history. His diaries also include what he read in newspapers of news, real stories, and fictional ones.