The Folly Manhal Alsarraj and someone must watch the

and someone must watch the waves ashore

elegiac but with unexpected leaps of the imagination

“David Almond’s books are strange

and the speaking of languages outside their native home

and articles by six fellow Egyptians from the next generations of writers

The Folly Manhal Alsarraj and someone must watch theMr and Mrs Malgas are going quietly about their lives when a mysterious squatter appears on the vacant plot next to their home. Arriving with portmanteau in hand and a head full of extraordinary ideas, the stranger at once begins to fashion tools and cutlery from old iron and rubbish. Soon he enlists Mr Malgass help: drawn in by the stranger's conviction, Mr Malgas clears the land, all the while struggling to catch sight of the grand mansion that is