Atya Agency

The protagonist - the outstanding student at the Teachers Institute in Damanhour - causing an assault on his teacher - his expulsion from the institute - and his fall into the underworld: Agency Atiya: refuge of the marginalized, the vagabonds, and the miserable in the city. And from here, the great writer Khairy Shalaby takes us on one of the most enjoyable and most exciting journeys, to the depths of Damanhour city and fascinating worlds that are almost fantastical. This novel received the Naguib Mahfouz Medal from the American University in Cairo in 2003, and was published in English in 2007.