The biography of the absent, the biography of the coming

Author's name: Shukri Al-Mubkhut Publisher: Misklyani Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2017 Literary classification: Biographies and Memoirs Brief about the book: Taha Hussein's path in writing his autobiography takes unusual routes that require a reader of a new kind, adding to artistic abstinence and critical awareness, and combining critical awareness with historical action. And what is this reader, whom Taha Hussein shaped and carried to renew his reading habits by linking enlightenment with change, except an artistic face of a desired historical human. A human of mind, science, and strong will. And since the ultimate contemplation in art is to make reality an joyful beautiful art so that art ceases to exist, the text "Al-Ayyam" will remain deceptive, cunning, confusing, and perplexing as long as the desired human is hidden and does not make history in the image of art.