Mohamed Mansi Qandil

Books on prize lists

• يوم غائم في البر الغربي

  In English

  SaveA Cloudy Day on the Western Shore to read later

  IPAF 2010 · Shortlist

  A Cloudy Day on the Western Shore

  يوم غائم في البر الغربي · Yawm gha'im fi al-barr al-gharbi

  Mohamed Mansi Qandil · 63 when first published

  Novel · 392 pages · Historical

  AIAI-generated summary:Fleeing a violent husband, a mother changes her small daughter's name and leaves her at a convent in Asyut; the girl grows up to be a translator in the Egypt of great archaeological finds and nationalist struggle.

• قمر على سمرقند

  In English

  SaveMoon over Samarqand to read later

  Sawiris 2006 · ★ Winner

  Moon over Samarqand

  قمر على سمرقند · Qamar 'ala Samarqand

  Mohamed Mansi Qandil · 58 when first published

  Novel · 414 pages · Historical

  AIAI-generated summary:A young Egyptian doctor named Ali travels to Samarqand in search of an old secret and falls in with Nur Allah, a legendary man who drives his car and seems to steer his fate as well.