The Sheikh’s Engagement by the Dean of Arabic Literature, Taha Hussein, was an almost forgotten novelette serialized in Al-Sufur magazine between 1916 and 1917, while he was in France pursuing a PhD.

I’m a scholar of literature who spends a lot of time thinking about why certain stories continue to be revisited, and what works can be considered classics today. But I believe in a broader notion of ...

The series chronicles the life of Taha Hussein, The Dean of Arabic Literature, as he leaves the countryside to get a better education, and then leaves Egypt to France where he meets Susan whom he ...