| A room overlooking the Nile | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Ezzat el Kamhawi |
| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Arabic |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | first edition by Merit Publishing in Egypt 2004 & Dar Al Howar in Latakia - Syria 2004, second edition by Merit Publishing 2006 |
| Preceded by | The Grove of Sadness and Bliss |
| Followed by | The Guard |
A room overlooking the Nile (Arabic: غرفة ترى النيل) is Ezzat el Kamhawi's second novel, and fifth book, first edition by Merit Publishing in Egypt 2004 & Dar Al Howar in Latakia - Syria 2004, second edition by Merit Publishing 2006.
A room overlooking the Nile is about the last three days in Eissa's life, who is a writer, but never wrote anything because he is obsessed with the idea of perfection that he becomes afraid of writing, accompanied in his last days by his friend, novelist refaat, who wrote everything he could and reached the same conclusion: there is no point.
The couple watch from the window of their room at the private hospital a Nile Island, the government and some investors entered a conflict to control it with the original owners of the peasant, so was the crumbling in the body of the dying in parallel with the collapse in the Egyptian society under the pressure of corruption and brokering.