The life of a pen - Abbas Mahmoud Al-Akkad

Section : Arabic novels

Number of pages: 416 pages

Publisher: Dar Al Taqwa

Akkad lived by the pen and for the pen; Literature and essays were his craft, which he was passionate about, and he lived by earning them. He also believed in the power and sanctity of the word, and that with its light peoples are guided, or misled. So he made a firm vow to be a useful writer. His pen was immortal. Through the pages of the book, we live the moments of the birth, upbringing and development of this feat. Al-Akkad talks hastily about his boyhood years, his education, and then his work as an employee, so that he made his way in the court of journalism, writing articles in financial and political conditions that were marred by many hardships and tribulations, some of which almost bombarded his pen, but he never deviated from his principles that he vowed to adhere to. He lived and died faithful to it.