Stories Banned Until 1952, Taha Hussein the Dean of Arabic Literature

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Taha Hussein (1889-1973), blind from early childhood, rose from humble beginnings to pursue a distinguished career in Egyptian public life, but he was most influential through his voluminous, varied, and controversial writings. The stories in The Sufferers were first published in the periodical al-Katib al-Masri in 1946, but were banned by the government when collected in book form in 1947. The collection was finally published in Lebanon, and was only published in Egypt after the 1952 Revolution. These stories all reflect author's frustration at the complacency of the wealthy upper classes of pre-Revolution Egypt in the face of the wretched poverty and misery of the majority of the Egyptian population. Publisher: American University in Cairo Press- Author: Taha Hussein. Date: 1993. Pages: 154 ( 154). cover: paper. Isbn: 977 424 313 7