The Guard (Arabic: الحارس, romanizedEl Hares) is Ezzat el Kamhawi's third novel, and sixth book, released by el-Ain publishing in 2008.[1]

The Guard
AuthorEzzat el Kamhawi
LanguageArabic
GenreNovel
Published2008
PublisherElain Publishing House
Publication placeEgypt
Preceded byA room overlooking the Nile 
Followed byBook seductiveness 

Background

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The Guard came as an important example of alienation, which affects humans when they put themselves in the service of authoritarian power to the extent of absence, through the life of lieutenant Waheed who joined the Cavalry to guard the president.

Lt. Waheed becomes integrated with his work to the degree of loss of his private life completely, his features becomes more and more similar with other guards. Waheed devotes himself to serving the security system and live in the hope of seeing the President one day, but never achieve his hope, because whenever the President decides to go out, there are forty processions leaving the gates of the palace, and as much air processions, with the president in one of them, or not in any of them at all.

References

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  1. ^ "Ezzat El Kamhawi's 'House of al-Deeb' Wins 2012 Naguib Mahfouz Medal". ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY. 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
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