From a Small Window:
With the insight of an experienced writer, and with intelligence and sarcasm, Amir Taj El-Sir delves into the backstages of writing and the Arab literary scene, where the profession is practiced without distinction, and lives are wasted for the sake of letters that may never find a reader.
He doesn't tell a single story; he gathers fragments of situations, disappointments, astonishment, and wonder... in a narrative that captures the uncaptured, blending nostalgia with humor, pain with intuition.
This book doesn't resemble the notebooks or soft diaries of creative people; rather, it is a true mirror written by someone who lived it and stood on the fringes of creativity, holding his pen and amazed by the entire scene.