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Third: the author

Third: the author

Point 3 of 10 — Lesson 2: The Church Lit Up by Ibrahim Aslan and the Compression of the Short StoryQuestion bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)

03Third: the author

  • Ibrahim Aslan (1935–2012): a writer of the Sixties generation in Egypt.
  • He was born in the village of Shabshir al-Hisasah, in the Tanta district of Gharbiyah governorate, but grew up and was raised in Cairo.
  • His best-known story collections: "Lake of the Evening (Buhayrat al-Masa')" and "Night Rose (Wardiyat Layl)".
  • His novels: "The Sad Owner (Malik al-Huzayn)", "Sparrows of Paradise (Asafir al-Jannah)" and "Two Rooms and a Hall (Hujrtan wa-Sala)".
  • He won the State Prize for Arts in 2003 and the Kavafis International Prize in 2005.
  • Edwar Al-Kharrat: the great writer who was Aslan's friend, the one he converses with in the story, who lives in Zamalek, and who answers the question about the name of the church.

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