Among the Ruins

"Among the Ruins" is one of the most famous novels by the great writer Youssef Al-Sibai, and it is the novel that earned him the title of "Knight of Romance." Al-Sibai divided the novel into three parts, which appear separate at first glance. Then the link between the emotional stories that make up its plot is quickly discovered. The story of the ambitious university girl who meets the young teaching assistant and falls in love with him, and the story of the sixteen-year-old girl who falls in love with a famous writer who is many years older than her, as Al-Sibai brilliantly connects the two stories that add new dimensions to the ably drawn characters. The novel was made into a famous movie in 1959.