Excerpt from “The Original Text”:

“God created us as nations and tribes so that we may know one another. As for the writer, they create texts so that we may know ourselves. The translator, in turn, creates a parallel text. First, because they love to torment themselves; second, to earn their reward; and finally, so that we may come to know the writer and ourselves. The soul of a human is a divine mystery. The soul of the original text is a stubborn mystery, but if you open your heart to it, it will reveal itself before your eyes.”

Mohamed El-Fouly places his book “The Original Text” within the genre of a “translational biography,” where he explores translation and its intersections with his personal and professional life.

About the Author:
Mohamed El-Fouly: An Egyptian translator, writer, and journalist born in 1987. He was shortlisted for the Sawiris Award in the short story category and won the Gaber Asfour Award for Translation, as well as second place in the National Center for Translation Award in the youth category.

He has translated over thirty works from Spanish and authored several diverse works, including:
*The Big Night, The Original Text, A Report on Sufism, and The Falcon’s Eye.

Event Preparation and Moderation:
Rola Adel Rashwan
An Egyptian translator who graduated from the Faculty of Al-Alsun, Russian Language Department. She trained at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and later worked in tourism.
Her literary articles and translations have been published in various cultural circles, both in Egypt and abroad. She currently works in translation and content writing in three languages: Arabic, English, and Russian.
Her translated works include *Judas, Baba Yaga, Rosa, Indignation, Joseph Walser’s Machine, Princess Tarakanova, Olesya, The Last Days of Tolstoy’s Life, and Family Tree.

We look forward to your attendance on Wednesday, March 19th, at 9 PM at the Jesuit Cultural Center in Alexandria.

Admission is free after filling out the form

AI generated translation.