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The Kaaba of the Ecstatics
A young photographer named Ahmed receives a mysterious, mandatory invitation to document a secret religious pilgrimage known as “the lesser Hajj”. Traveling along the Nile to decipher the manuscripts of a madman, he is drawn into the secretive world of Egypt’s ecstatic dervishes. Haitham Dabbour delivers a brave, cinematic novel that explores the boundary between faith and madness. The Kaaba of the Ecstatics is a sharp, suspenseful critique of religious institutionalization, celebrating the human search for spiritual peace.
Haitham Dabbour
Haitham Dabbour began his career as a journalist and
writer. He is the author of close to ten books of fiction,
satire, and poetry. He won the Ahmad Fouad Negm Award
for Egyptian Colloquial Poetry for his poetry collection
Eaten by Seven Lean Cows.
The movie Odd was inspired by his short story collection
The Horse’s Back, and Photocopy by his short story
collection A Thing from Fiction. His 2020 novel The Cross of
Moses has received praise from both critics and readers.
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Cosmetic Surgery
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Asha: The Scarab and the Moon
Without a Last Chapter
The Lady’s Tavern
Various Ways to Kill Ants
