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Hakim : the madness of Ibn al-Haytham

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  • Language : Arabic
  • Subject : Novels
  • Author : Yusuf Zaydan
  • ISBN : 9789770938447
  • Year : 2023

This novel transports the reader from our contemporary era to the Fatimid age of a thousand years ago. Through this rich and evocative journey, it unveils extraordinary events and the peculiarities of reality, where the present meets the past. The narrative unfolds around a cast of figures including the Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah; his formidable sister, Sitt al-Mulk; the brilliant polymath Ibn al-Haytham; the storyteller-narrator; and Muti‘ ibn Khalaf al-Sahmi alongside many others who populated this historical period, a time teeming with joys, sorrows, and astonishing details.

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Book Details

Title Hakim : the madness of Ibn al-Haytham
Language Arabic
Subject Novels
Author
ISBN 9789770938447
Year
Native Title حاكم، جنون إبن الهيثم : رواية
Binding Paperback
Edition 1st Edition
Pages 344
Native Author Name يوسف زيدان
Size 20 cm

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