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Ehab Elgammal

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Alexandria , Egypt

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https://www.thegalesofalexandria.com/

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary

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February 2025

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Ehab Elgammal grew up in Alexandria, Egypt, and now lives in Ontario, Canada. Trained as an engineer, he holds an MBA from HEC Montréal and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School. The Gales of Alexandria is his debut novel.

He feels a belonging to the generation shaped by 9/11, the wars that followed, the Arab Spring, and the conflicts that continue today—a time when politics and faith reshaped lives and forced a reckoning with history, justice, and belief.

Elgammal works as a management consultant and believes the hardest work lies in navigating the deep currents of change—shaped by place, people, and history—and helping others move through it with clarity and purpose. He draws from the tension of lives lived across borders, the failures of ...more

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Echo 1: The Story That Wouldn’t Wait Anymore

We carry stories we don’t choose—drawn from what we’ve lived, what we’ve seen, and what never seems to change.

Some stories refuse to stay silent. They haunt us, demand to be told, and won’t let go until they are.

For me, The Gales of Alexandria is one of those stories.

It came from questions I couldn’t escape—from characters who started pulling me from sleep. It wasn’t just an idea; it was a weight, Read more of this blog post »

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Published on May 14, 2025 17:45 • Tags: 9-11, alexandria, arab-spring, complexity, egypt, father-and-son, literary-reflections, middle-east-wars, personal-journey, political-fiction

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