orphan

The novel "The Orphan" by Ahmed Hafez Awad is a moving drama that chronicles the journey of its hero, Amin Farid, who finds himself alone, facing the harshness of life after the death of his father. His father left him nothing but a legacy of poverty and hardship, but he also instilled in him great values: morality, good upbringing, and a love of country and the poor. In his will, he reveals the secret of a brother in the Hijaz, urging him to search for him to comfort his loneliness and share life's hardships. The journey begins with tears of loss and separation from his beloved, and ends with a tragic encounter—his first and last—with his brother, "Sharif," before he disappears from him forever. The novel not only depicts a story of love, pain, and loss, but also brilliantly embodies the meaning of human loneliness and the human struggle with fate, revealing Arabic literature's ability to combine tumultuous emotion with philosophical contemplation of destiny.

أحمد حافظ عوض (1872–1942م) شاعر وصحفي مصري، أسس جريدة «الجامعة» وكتب في قضايا الوطن والسياسة، كما نشر دواوين شعرية تناولت الوطنية والاجتماع.