The walkers are sleeping

Author's name: Saad Makawidaar Publisher: Al-Shorouk for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2007 Literary classification: Novel Brief about the book: "How was Saad Makawi able to grasp this extended time? How was he able to transport us to Mamluk Cairo, the villages of the committed, and the serf farmers, without leaving our contemporary Cairo and its many similar villages? How did he convince us that we are reading a 'realistic' novel of a special kind, more than a 'historical' novel? This is what Saad Makawi's techniques, the experienced storyteller gathered to write this novel, have achieved!" Dr. Khairy Doma The most famous novels of the great storyteller Saad Makawi deal with the last thirty years of Mamluk rule in an engaging and attractive form, in which some critics saw a direct reflection of the Free Officers and their conflicts and relationship with the people. This novel was published in 1965 and was among the first works to employ heritage.