Cities of the Arabs in their novels - Dr. Ali Abdel Raouf

After his wonderful work in the book "From Mecca to Las Vegas: Critical Theses on Architecture and Sanctity", Dr. Ali Abdel Raouf in an interesting and enjoyable journey among Arab cities in modern Arabic literature; From Dubai to Casablanca, passing through Riyadh, Baghdad, Damascus, Amman, and traditional and contemporary Cairo, to Tunisia and Algeria. The book prepares us for a tour of the works of the great contemporary Arab writers that portrayed these cities and their characters. Literature reaches architecture and urbanism. Through the works of Hanna Mina, Fawaz Haddad, Ghada al-Samman, Abd al-Rahman Munif, Ghazi al-Qosibi, Hani al-Naqshbandi, Shaker al-Anbari, Tayeb Salih, Muhammad al-Ash’ari, Yasmina Khadra, Naguib Mahfouz, al-Taher, Tar, Yahya Haqqi, Jamal al-Ghitani, Radwa Ashour, Youssef Idris, Ibrahim Aslan, Bahaa Taher, Fathi Ghanem, Ahmed Khaled Tawfiq and others.