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  • Bibliography:
    4 Books
  • First Book:
    Zayni Barakat (November 1988)
  • Last Book:
    The Zafarani Files (May 2009)
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Books in Order: 4 titles

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  • An unknown observer is watching the residents of a small, closely-knit neighborhood in Cairo's old city, making notes. The college graduate, the street vendors, the political prisoner, the cafĂ© owner, the taxi driver, the beautiful green-eyed yo...



  • The Mahfouz Dialogs records the memories, views, and jokes of Naguib Mahfouz on subjects ranging from politics to the relationship between his novels and his life, as delivered to intimate friends at a series of informal meetings stretching out over ...



  • With its Sufistic parables of the human condition, rendered in a style redolent of both the austere meditations of Borges and the dark engorged ruminations of Arthur C. Clark, Pyramid Texts engages the mind and beguiles the imagination. In a series o...



  • First published in 1971, this novel is set in the early 16th century in the Egypt of the Mamluk dynasty, the warrior caste dominant for over 700 years. The author was a war reporter in the Middle East, and has written six collections of short stories...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Gamal Al-Ghitani has published 4 books.

Gamal Al-Ghitani does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Zafarani Files, was published in May 2009.

The first book by Gamal Al-Ghitani, Zayni Barakat, was published in November 1988.

No. Gamal Al-Ghitani does not write books in series.