Fifty years with Abdullah Al-Qasimi

In this book, lawyer and writer Ibrahim Abdulrahman tells his long and exciting story with Abdullah Al-Quwayti, from when he first met him, while he was a high school student in Helwan city, until he was laid to rest, and his obituary was published in Al-Ahram newspaper in Cairo. Exciting and important details throughout fifty years, from the moment of the first meeting, passing through events and situations in Al-Quwayti's life and career that have not been narrated before; his intellectual and cultural activity in Cairo then in Beirut, and his expulsion decisions from Cairo first and then from Beirut second, their reasons and repercussions, and who were the most prominent guests of his weekly seminar, and how was that seminar managed? The author traces historically the path of Abdullah Al-Quwayti's publications and writings through his three intellectual transformations: from Salafism to reform, then to liberation and rebellion, which amounted to 22 books, with all the circumstances and tricks involved in their authorship and printing, including the challenges of transferring some of his manuscripts from Cairo to Beirut, and finally to Paris. The author also does not overlook the frustration Al-Quwayti experienced after the decline in the distribution of his books in the Arab world due to bans, a frustration that persisted until his death.