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Sonallah Ibrahim

Born

in Cairo, Egypt

February 24, 1937

Died

August 13, 2025

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Sonallah Ibrahim (Arabic: صنع الله إبراهيم) was an Egyptian novelist and short story writer. Ibrahim was one of the "sixties Generation" who was known for his leftist and nationalist views which are expressed rather directly in his work. His novels, especially the last ones, incorporate many excerpts from newspapers, magazines and other political sources as a way to enlighten the people about a certain political or social issue. Because of his political opinions he was imprisoned in the 1960s. His imprisonment is featured in his first book, a collection of short stories called "That smell" تلك الرائحة, is one of the first writings in Egyptian literature to adopt a modernist style. His latest book, Memoirs of the Oasis Prison, returns to the ...more

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	ذات by Sonallah Ibrahim, صنع الله إبراهيم (Goodreads Author) 3.56 avg rating — 5,540 ratings — published 1992 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	اللجنة by Sonallah Ibrahim, صنع الله إبراهيم (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 3,340 ratings — published 1981 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	شرف by Sonallah Ibrahim, صنع الله إبراهيم (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 2,239 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	بيروت بيروت by Sonallah Ibrahim, صنع الله إبراهيم (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 1,365 ratings — published 1984 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	وردة by Sonallah Ibrahim, صنع الله إبراهيم (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 1,063 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	أمريكانلي by Sonallah Ibrahim, صنع الله إبراهيم (Goodreads Author) 3.38 avg rating — 1,121 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	تلك الرائحة وقصص أخرى by Sonallah Ibrahim, صنع الله إبراهيم (Goodreads Author) 3.27 avg rating — 1,112 ratings — published 1966 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	التلصص by Sonallah Ibrahim, صنع الله إبراهيم (Goodreads Author) 3.22 avg rating — 759 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	العمامة والقبعة by Sonallah Ibrahim, صنع الله إبراهيم (Goodreads Author) 3.49 avg rating — 639 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	القانون الفرنسي by Sonallah Ibrahim, صنع الله إبراهيم (Goodreads Author) 3.16 avg rating — 347 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The romanticism of struggle is over. What remains are the utterly naked facts. The cult of personality and its collapse. Rethinking of everything. The masks are off (the mask of religion, the mask of heroism…).”
― Sonallah Ibrahim

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