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The Sphinx

by Ahmed Mourad

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The second book in the Suleiman Effendi al-Sioufi historical crime novels. In this novel, he documents the details of a mysterious criminal case, which took place during the outbreak of the plague epidemic in the nineteenth century in Cairo, after the appearance of a floating corpse in the Nile waters carrying many secrets. A thrilling detective story set in 1869 which follows Mourad’s earlier novel Locanda Bir Al-Watawit (2020). Mourad’s fiction has been adapted for both film and television including the 2014 film “The Blue Elephant.”

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Shortlisted for the 2025 Sheikh Zayed Book Award in the literature category.

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Ahmed Mourad Ahmed Mourad is an Egyptian author of thriller fiction, and one of the few mystery / suspense writers in the Arab World. His first novel, Vertigo, has been hailed by Arab media as the first-ever political thriller in the Arab world.

Mourad studied cinematography at the prestigious Cinema Institute in Cairo, and graduated in 2001, with distinction and honor. His graduation projects included three short films: “The Wanderers,” “The Three Papers,” and “On the Seventh Day.” All three films won awards in film festivals in the UK, France, and Ukraine.

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