Namaste

by Mamdouh Sakr

Published May 1, 2019

About the author

Mamdouh Sakr is a British/ Egyptian architect and Islamic architecture historian, who is addicted to travel. In addition to his academic research, he wrote four travel books published in English, (Did you try Qat? 2012, Spaghetti in Harar, 2014, From Cairo to Tel Aviv, 2015 and Namaste 2019). Where he gathered his experiences and encounters in a number of countries.
Then by the beginning of 2016, he began writing in Arabic, a he wrote a slightly different version of, “From Cairo to Tel Aviv”. This book is a bit special as it tells his journey to Palestine, where he visited Jerusalem, al Khalil, Bethlehem, Acre and Jaffa. His wanderings are woven by long conversations with Palestinians living under different circumstances, some are funny, some are heartbreaking and others are simply intriguing.

ممدوح صقر هو معماري و مؤرخ للعمارة الاسلامية و مغرم بالسفر. ولد في جلاسجو باسكتلندا عام 1976. بالاضافة الي عدد من الابحاث الاكاديمية فقد قام بكتابة اربعة من كتب ادب الرحلات باللغة الانجليزية
(Did you try Qat? 2012, Spaghetti in Harar, 2014, From Cairo to Tel Aviv, 2015 and Namaste 2019)
و قد ضم بهم خبراته و الاحداث التي مر بها من خلال اسفاره المتعددة. و في بداية عام 2016 خاض اول تجربة للكتابة باللغة العربية في كتاب " القاهرة... تل ابيب" وفيه تناول رحلته لفلسطين و زيارته للقدس و بيت لحم و الخليل و عكا و يافا. و امتزجت مشاهداته بحوارات عديدة مع من قابلهم من الفلسطينيين.

Reviews

[Heyam El Rifai · Rating 5 out of 5]

For the last few days, this book took me from one city to another in India in a pleasant simple way. There were some that I never heard of. The historical facts were interesting.
It encouraged me to visit India and explore the cities mentioned.