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I'm having trouble thinking of novels written by the colonizers during the colonial period, e.g. an Egyptian version of "A Passage to India." Probably because I haven't read any. Are there any?

Not off the top of my head...

Lobstergirl wrote: "I'm having trouble thinking of novels written by the colonizers during the colonial period, e.g. an Egyptian version of "A Passage to India." Probably because I haven't read any. Are there any?"

Yes, The Alexandria Quartet by L Durrell. That it wasn't mentioned in the above list makes me wonder about the contributors...

You could add it. The form is at the right-hand side of the page.

Funny! I'm Egyptian but I can't vote for any book in the above list!
Most of them are about ancient Egypt, or novels by Mahfouz but also about ancient Egypt! (Except for his triology mentioned here more that once btw!)..
It is unfair to be trapped in this periode of time, to discover that Egypt for foreigners is all about Pharaos..
I mean, these books are great! But for a country like Egypt, they are not as divers as they should be..
I'll go look for books to add about other eras.. There are so many that I can't think of any title right now :D

Ng wrote: "Funny! I'm Egyptian but I can't vote for any book in the above list!..."

In that case ya NG, I recommend Taxi. It's not a novel indeed, however it can give the foreigner a good overview about Egypt they don't know..
Also, its brilliantly translated into English.. so, most of them will admire it so.

Good choice!
It's all about Egypt now.. Great! :))

I added teh bbok.. Is it visible for the rest of voters on the list?

Did you vote for Taxi? If so, yes, I see it.

I did vote for it.. Thank you :)

Walking Across Egypt is neither about nor set in Egypt.

Thanks, Janet. Deleted.

Taxi is not only "Walking Across Egypt " , it was Described as " an urban sociology, an ethnography, a classic of oral history of Egypt" .

they need some books about dynasty 0, the reign of the scorpion king, and egyptian ancient decodings of texts in the tombs, or orignial manuscirtps

It's pretty easy to add books to lists; at the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes."

I voted for The Yacoubian Building. For the best novels about Egypt, I suggest Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy for the first half of the 20th century and The Yacoubian Building for the second half.

Here's a post about The Yacoubian Building on Newsworthy Novels, a blog that matches novels to today's headlines (the headline that day was about the turmoil in Egypt and the continued conflict between the country's moderates and the Muslim fundamentalists):
http://newsworthynovels.blogspot.com/...

I, Claudius is not set in Egypt. It's set in Rome.

I need help! I am looking for an English book about Egypt, it can be a cultural book, or a touristic book, or even a novel about egyptian life. I want to get it as a birthday gift to my german friends who percieve egypt as being pretty vague! So, it should be interesting and fun to read!

Thank you in advance!!

BOOKS ON ANCIENT EGYPT

https://independent.academia.edu/elga...

Gamelyan
BOOKS ON ANCIENT EGYPT

https://independent.academia.edu/elga...