House of the Wolf (''Bayt al-Deeb'', ar, بيت الدِّيب) is
Ezzat el Kamhawi
Ezzat El Kamhawi ( ar, عزت القمحاوي) is an Egyptian novelist and journalist. In December 2012, El Kamhawi was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature for his novel '' House of the Wolf''. In June 2022 he was awarded the Samir ...
's fourth novel and eighth book. It was first released in Arabic language in 2010 by
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In December 2012, el Kamhawi was awarded the
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In House of the Wolf el-Kamhawi deals with the lives of four generations of the Wolf (Al-Deeb) rural Egyptian family for more than one hundred and fifty years, monitoring the Egyptian and World history through the history of the family.
A novel of 272 pages of medium size, and thus is considered the biggest work for
Ezzat el Kamhawi
Ezzat El Kamhawi ( ar, عزت القمحاوي) is an Egyptian novelist and journalist. In December 2012, El Kamhawi was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature for his novel '' House of the Wolf''. In June 2022 he was awarded the Samir ...
, a writer known for his intensive language. In the novel, history remains a reference in the background, while man stands unwavering in the face of history and his personal fate.