Ezzat el Kamhawi
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Ezzat el Kamhawi is a novelist and a journalist. He is the Senior Editor of al-Doha Cultural Magazine, a monthly magazine dedicated to literature and cultural issues in the Arab World.
He was born in 1961 and graduated from the department of journalism in the Faculty of Mass Communications, Cairo University
in 1983.
, before graduating from thanawya amma (equivalent to high school) he had articles published for him on Al Gomhuria
newspaper.
after graduating from the department of journalism in the Faculty of Mass Communications, Cairo University, he started working for Al-Akhbar, where he helped establish Akhbar Al-Adab
10 years later, a widely known literature magazine, now he is the Senior Editor of al-Doha Cultural Magazine.
he writes weekly for al Akhbar, Almasry Alyoum
, and Al-Quds Al-Arabi
.
A city like no other, guarded by the goddess of pleasure and, ruled by a licentious king who dedicated his time to carnal pleasures and a princess who dreams of love and tender empathy. The priests decide to design the walls of the princess's room with figures of embracing lovers and burnt incense and chanted their magical incantations that the pictures on the wall may come to life and the dream of the princess for true love might come true.
People real and shadowy, strong slaves and emperors have met their doom at the gates of the City of Pleasure. Eventually the gates of the impenetrable city succumbs under the charm of two ingenious commodities: fried potatoes and pepsi-cola.
No one knows the real history of the City of Pleasure and no welcome visitor has ever escaped its enchantment.
This is the novel that has been structured from human myths melted down and recreated one of the most perfectly executed literary whims. It is no longer possible to speak of modern Arabic literary narrative without including The City of Pleasure and the enriching addition it has provided to the art of the modern Arabic novel par excellence.
He was born in 1961 and graduated from the department of journalism in the Faculty of Mass Communications, Cairo University
Cairo University
Cairo University is a public university located in Giza, Egypt.The university was founded on December 21, 1908, as the result of an effort to establish a national center for educational thought...
in 1983.
Early life and career
elKamhawi was born on 23 December 1961 in Sharqia Governorate, EgyptEgypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
, before graduating from thanawya amma (equivalent to high school) he had articles published for him on Al Gomhuria
Al Gomhuria
Al Gomhuria is an influential state-owned Egyptian Arabic language daily newspaper. It was established in 1954.The present editor in chief is Mohammed Ali Ibrahim.The newspaper has flourished and now has many other publications including...
newspaper.
after graduating from the department of journalism in the Faculty of Mass Communications, Cairo University, he started working for Al-Akhbar, where he helped establish Akhbar Al-Adab
Akhbar Al-Adab
Akhbar Al-Adab is a literary Arabic weekly newspaper founded by Egyptian novelist and editor-in-chief Gamal Al-Ghitani.*Current editor-in-chief: Gamal El-Ghitani*Current senior editor: Ezzat el Kamhawi...
10 years later, a widely known literature magazine, now he is the Senior Editor of al-Doha Cultural Magazine.
he writes weekly for al Akhbar, Almasry Alyoum
Almasry Alyoum
Al-Masry Al-Youm is an Egyptian privately owned daily newspaper that was first published in June 2004. It is published in Arabic and has a website in both Arabic and English...
, and Al-Quds Al-Arabi
Al-Quds Al-Arabi
Al-Quds Al-Arabi , is an independent pan-Arab daily newspaper published in London since 1989. The paper is owned by Palestinian expatriates, and edited by Abd al-Bari Atwan who was born in a Palestinian refugee camp in Gaza Strip in 1950. Its motto is . Its circulation is estimated to be...
.
His work
His published literary works include:- It Happened in the land of Dust and Mud (Stories) (published by Dar Soad Al Sabbah in 1992).
- The City of PleasureThe City of PleasureThe City of Pleasure is Ezzat el Kamhawi's first Novel, and Second book after It Happened in the land of Dust and Mud , it was first released by the General Organization for Cultural Centers in 1997, Second Edition by el-Ain publishing in 2009....
(Novel) (published by the General Organization for Cultural Centers in 1997 - second edition by el-Ain publishing in 2009).
- Times for Joy (Stories) (published by the General Organization for Cultural Centers in 2000).
- The Grove of Sadness and Bliss (published by Dar el-Hilal in 2003).
- A room overlooking the NileA Room Overlooking the NileA room overlooking the Nile is Ezzat el Kamhawi's second novel, and fifth book, first edition by Merit Publishing in Egypt 2004 & Dar Al Howar in Latakia - Syria 2004, second edition by Merit Publishing 2006.-Background:...
(Novel) (published by Merit Publishing in 2004 in CairoCairoCairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
, and Dar Al Howar in 2004 LatakiaLatakiaLatakia, or Latakiyah , is the principal port city of Syria, as well as the capital of the Latakia Governorate. In addition to serving as a port, the city is a manufacturing center for surrounding agricultural towns and villages...
, SyriaSyriaSyria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
- second edition by Merit Publishing in 2006 - third edition by maktabet Al-a'osra in 2010).
- The GuardThe Guard (novel)The Guard is Ezzat el Kamhawi's third novel, and sixth book, released by el-Ain publishing in 2008.-Background:The Guard came as an important example of alienation, which affects humans when they put themselves in the service of authoritarian power to the extent of absence, through the life of...
(Novel) (published by el-Ain publishing, Cairo 2008).
- Book seductiveness (published by el-Ain publishing, Cairo 2009).
- Beit Al-DeebBeit Al-DeebBeit Al-Deeb is Ezzat el Kamhawi's fourth novel, and eighth book after Book seductiveness. it was released in 2010 by Dar Al-Adab in Beirut.-Background:...
(Al-Deeb's Family) (Published by Dar Al-Adab, BeirutBeirutBeirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...
2010).
The City of Pleasure
main articleThe City of Pleasure
The City of Pleasure is Ezzat el Kamhawi's first Novel, and Second book after It Happened in the land of Dust and Mud , it was first released by the General Organization for Cultural Centers in 1997, Second Edition by el-Ain publishing in 2009....
A city like no other, guarded by the goddess of pleasure and, ruled by a licentious king who dedicated his time to carnal pleasures and a princess who dreams of love and tender empathy. The priests decide to design the walls of the princess's room with figures of embracing lovers and burnt incense and chanted their magical incantations that the pictures on the wall may come to life and the dream of the princess for true love might come true.
People real and shadowy, strong slaves and emperors have met their doom at the gates of the City of Pleasure. Eventually the gates of the impenetrable city succumbs under the charm of two ingenious commodities: fried potatoes and pepsi-cola.
No one knows the real history of the City of Pleasure and no welcome visitor has ever escaped its enchantment.
This is the novel that has been structured from human myths melted down and recreated one of the most perfectly executed literary whims. It is no longer possible to speak of modern Arabic literary narrative without including The City of Pleasure and the enriching addition it has provided to the art of the modern Arabic novel par excellence.