What the eyes see

"What the Eyes See" is an Egyptian short story collection by Mohamed Taymour, a pioneer of the short story in modern Arabic literature. It captures, with a sharp artistic lens, the details of social life filled with conflicts and contradictory emotions. Taymour presents honest human scenes that embody class disparity, the cruelty of stinginess, the heartbreaks of love, and the suffering of young people caught between their ambitions and the shackles of society. In a realistic style mixed with biting sarcasm, the author presents the reader with vibrant portraits of daily life, where the eyes become silent witnesses revealing the secrets of the soul and the desires and fears they conceal. These stories are not merely a narration of incidents; rather, they are a serious attempt to establish a modern Arabic storytelling art capable of penetrating the essence of humanity. "What the Eyes See" is a literary work that illuminates the beginnings of Egyptian storytelling and deserves to be read as both an artistic and historical document.

محمد تيمور (1892–1921م) رائد القصة القصيرة في الأدب العربي الحديث. كتب قصصًا اجتماعية تصور حياة الناس البسطاء. نشر مجموعته «ما تراه العيون». وتُعد أعماله بداية لنهضة القصة في مصر.