خطبة الشيخ

by Taha Hussein, طه حسين, جابر عصفور (تقديم)

Mass Market Paperback

Published January 1, 2017

About the author

Taha Hussein (Arabic: طه حسين) was among the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a leading figure of the Arab Renaissance and the modernist movement in the Arab world. His sobriquet was "The Dean of Arabic Literature" (Arabic: عميد الأدب العربي). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature twenty-one times.

Reviews

[Mohamed Aysam · Rating 5 out of 5]

A comprehensive book that combines both enjoyment and scholarship. Enani proves, once again, that translating Taha Hussein's style, debated for years as grand and archaic and, by default, hard to grasp, is not a tall order.