Yusuf Al-Qa'id

	Yusuf Al-Qa'id Yusuf al-Qa'id ( ar, يوسف القعيد, Yūsuf al-Qaʿīd, translit-std=ALA; born 2 April 1944) is an Egyptian novelist. He is best known in the West for ''War in the Land of Egypt'' ( ar, الحرب في برّ مصر, Al-Ḥarb fī Barr Miṣr, translit-std=ALA; 1978), first English edition in 2004 (transl. Olive Kenny, Lorne Kenny, Christopher Tingley Christopher Tingley is an English academic and translator of Arabic literature. He was born in Brighton and read English at the University of London ( MPhil 1973) and at Leeds University, for many years lecturing in English and linguistics at vari ...), the basis for the 1991 film of the same name. He is also known for his writing in vernacular Egyptian Arabic. His 1994 novel ''Laban el-Asfur'' ( arz , لبن العصفور , Laban il-ʿAṣfūr , translit-std=ALA , lit=The Milk of the Bird) was the first major Arabic vernacular novel of the modern era. Although criticized for his language choice at the time, vernacular nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Egyptian Literature Egyptian literature traces its beginnings to ancient Egypt and is some of the earliest known literature. Ancient Egyptians were the first to develop written literature, as inscriptions or in collections of papyrus, precursors to the modern book. Ancient The ancient Egyptians wrote works on papyrus as well as walls, tombs, pyramids, obelisks and more. Perhaps the best known example of ancient Jehiel literature is the Story of Sinuhe; other well-known works include the Westcar Papyrus and the Ebers papyrus, as well as the famous Book of the Dead. While most literature in ancient Egypt was so-called "Wisdom literature" (that is, literature meant for instruction rather than entertainment), there also existed myths, stories and biographies solely for entertainment purposes. The autobiography has been called the oldest form of Egyptian literature. The Nile had a strong influence on the writings of the ancient Egyptians, as did Greco-Roman poets who came to Alexandria to be supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Christopher Tingley Christopher Tingley is an English academic and translator of Arabic literature. He was born in Brighton and read English at the University of London ( MPhil 1973) and at Leeds University, for many years lecturing in English and linguistics at various African universities: the University of Constantine (Algeria); the National University of Rwanda; and the University of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). Tingley is noted as a translator of classic and modern Arabic literature. He has helped to translate book-length works by writers such as Zayd Mutee Dammaj, Ibrahim al-Koni, Yahya Yakhlif and Yusuf al-Qa'id. His frequent collaborators include Salma Khadra Jayyusi, May Jayyusi and Dina Bosio. He has served as style editor of PROTA, the Project of Translation from Arabic established by Khadra Jayyusi in 1980. He has also contributed to numerous anthologies of Arabic literature in English, many of them published by PROTA. Book-length translations * ''A Balcony Over the Fakihani: Thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	War In The Land Of Egypt ''War in the Land of Egypt'' or ''The Egyptian Citizen'' ( ar, المواطن مصري, translit.Al-Moaten Masry) is a 1991 Egyptian drama film directed by Salah Abu Seif, and starting Omar Sharif. It is based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Yusuf al-Qa'id. The film was entered into the 17th Moscow International Film Festival. Synopsis A mayor (Omar Sharif) has many children, and when his youngest son is drafted to serve in the Yom Kippur War of 1973, the family patriarch trades two acres of land to a simple farmer (Ezzat El Alaili) in exchange for the latter’s son to serve in the privileged scion’s place. The situation is complicated when the mayor wins a case against the Land Registry, resulting in an order evicting the farmer from their land in favor of the mayor’s ownership. The farmer forges the title to new land after paying a bribe, but his son ultimately dies in combat, leading to deep regrets over how the money was earned. The duplicity is contrasted with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1944 Births Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea, in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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	Egyptian Male Short Story Writers Egyptian describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of recorded history Egyptian cuisine, the local culinary traditions of Egypt * Egypt, the modern country in northeastern Africa Egyptian Arabic, the language spoken in contemporary Egypt A citizen of Egypt; see Demographics of Egypt * Ancient Egypt, a civilization from c. 3200 BC to 343 BC Ancient Egyptians, ethnic people of ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptian architecture, the architectural structure style Ancient Egyptian cuisine, the cuisine of ancient Egypt Egyptian language, the oldest known language of Egypt and a branch of the Afroasiatic language family * Copts, the ethnic Egyptian Christian minority Coptic language or Coptic Egyptian, the latest stage of the Egyptian language, spoken in Egypt until the 17th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]