{"product_id":"the-days-taha-hussein-9781649032614","title":"The Days: His Autobiography in Three Parts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaha Hussein's classic autobiographical novel \u003ci\u003eThe Days\u003c\/i\u003e helped usher in the era of modern Arabic writing and remains one of the most influential and best-known works of Arabic literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It is difficult to overstate Taha Hussein's contribution to the intellectual renaissance in Egypt during the 20th century.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe monumental three-part autobiography of one of modern Egypt's greatest writers and thinkers is again available in a single paperback in this classic reissue. The first part, \u003ci\u003e An Egyptian Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e (1929), is full of the sounds and smells of rural Egypt. It tells of Hussein's childhood and early education in a small village in Upper Egypt, as he learns not only to come to terms with his blindness but to excel in spite of it and win a place at the prestigious Azhar University in Cairo. The second part, \u003ci\u003eThe Stream of Days: A Student at the Azhar\u003c\/i\u003e (1939), is an enthralling picture of student life in Egypt in the early 1900s, and the record of the growth of an unusually gifted personality. More than forty years later, Hussein published \u003ci\u003eA Passage to France \u003c\/i\u003e(1973), carrying the story on to his final attainment of a doctorate at the Sorbonne, a saga of perseverance in the face of daunting odds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Taha Hussein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1649032617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781649032614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American University in Cairo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Taha Hussein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906884489471,"sku":"9781649032614","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1b533e17-fc36-45ee-b42d-8cb796631cb7.jpg?v=1748771661","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-days-taha-hussein-9781649032614","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}