"The Lamp of Umm Hashim and other stories"Ī 1943 collection of short stories of Yahya Hakki that explores the cultural differences between the east and west, the titular "Lamp of Umm Hashim" story follows a young Egyptian studying to be a doctor in England, who returns to Egypt and finds he wishes to apply what he learned to his native culture, struggling up against Egyptian traditions. Yehia enters a rabbit hole where the line between reality and nightmare blur. Assigned to work on the criminally insane, he discovers that his best friend, Samir, is being held for murder.
Yehia, a psychotherapist who returns from a five-year absence at Al Abbasia hospital following the death of his wife and son. CAIRO – 27 April 2018: Egypt Today looks at 10 Egyptian novels which have received film/TV adaptations.Īhmed Mourad's 2012 psychological thriller novel was adapted by director Marwan Hamed into a critically acclaimed 2014 film that proved to be a local sensation, drawing attention for its unique blend of drama/horror/mystery genres which had never been done before in Egyptian cinema.
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