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Liked It 1 of 1 members found this review helpful Rated 4 stars “Style, ideas, language, plot all are (excellent).. It takes you to another world ... to the old Alexandria ! But for some unnecessary description of sexual relationships, I would give it a 5 !” see full review » see other reviews »

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  “fabulous”

  Bahira A wrote this review 6 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “ Azazel By Youssef Zeidan
  Winner of the International prize for Arabic fiction 2009, this novel caused a lot of controversy as is always the case when an author writes about a faith he doesn't belong to, it follows the life of the Egyptian monk Hypa from place to place all over Egypt and Palestine in a period of great turmoil for the church, and his own turmoil with his human shortcomings and clerical role.
  I found the novel slightly tedious at times because I'm not a great lover of history and my lasting impression of the main character is that as good and honest and christian as he was, he used and failed every woman he came across.”

  amoomi wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “Great story, it discusses what it looks like when the intolerant narrow-minded mob rules. When human beings claim divine authority, life becomes hell. There is a recent movie with the name "Agora", starring "Rachel Weisz", which will give you an idea on how life was during the era of the 4th century in Alexandria, Egypt. The same era the novel is talking about.”

  Nehad Mehilba K wrote this review Monday, November 22, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Style, ideas, language, plot all are (excellent).. It takes you to another world ... to the old Alexandria !
  But for some unnecessary description of sexual relationships, I would give it a 5 ! ”

  Soha Selim wrote this review Sunday, November 14, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “one of the best historical novels I've read in a long time!”

  Mohammed Alomari wrote this review Saturday, October 2, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “ I'm amazed by this novel , i was hesitated to read it or not,it's talking about Jesus and fatih issues.
  
  
  
  what i like most that it's amazingly written.
  How he combined between true issues and the poetic language.
  
  I highly recommend it.”

  Farida Al-Rimawi wrote this review Friday, September 24, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “I just love this book to death outstanding one”

  sarah G wrote this review Friday, July 2, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “Azazil is a story about Christianity being under the spot.. so much like (Angels and Demons) by Dan Brown, but this is quite a bit different! the one who wrote the events was a Coptic priest in the 5th century.. and all the events which took place along with the names of the historical places were TRUE. The original language of the true story was Aramaic, the language of the Christ, as they believe.
  
  and then came a Muslim man of the 21st century named Yousef Zaidan, & translated the story into Arabic...
  
  
  I am not yet half the way through it, but I can tell it is a must for those who would like to learn....
  
  I am enjoying it.. it's been ages since the last time I read something in Arabic. I still believe that ARABIC is so beautiful.”

  Miracle wrote this review Monday, May 24, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “عزازيل - يوسف زيدان
  
  فرغت من قراءة هذا الكتاب في ٢٢/٢/٢٠١٠ و أنا في سيارتي أمام مبنى الجامعة! لا أدري كيف أقوم بنقد هذا الكتاب فقد اختلطت فيه أفكاري ولكن بإيجابية.
  
  نبذة عن الكتاب :
  يروي هذا الكتاب قصة راهب مصري «هيبا» الذي عاش في النصف الأول من القرن الخامس عشر. يروى أنه قام بكتابة قصص وتجارب من حياته في عدة رقوق ، والتي وجدت قبل سنوات في مواقع أثرية في مدينة حلب/سوريا. ترجمت هذه الرقوق من اللغة السريانية إلى العربية.
  
  تنقل هذا الراهب من أخميم إلى الاسكندرية، ومن ثم غادر إلى فلسطين (اورشليم) إلى أن استقر في دير بالقرب من أنطاكية.
  
  الذي شد انتباهي في هذه الرواية هي اللغة العربية التي لم أتوقع أن تكون بهذه الفصاحة، خاصة وان هذه الرقوق ترجمت من لغة أخرى، فعادةً لا تكون الرواية المترجمة بروعة النص الأصلي.
  
  تبين سيرة «هيبا» أنه مهما كان الإنسان متبحر في الدين و ناسك عن أمور الدنيا، فهنالك دائما فتن ومصائب وابتلائات تلحق به ولو كان مختبئاً في دير هادئ متحاشيٍ للبشر.
  
  فعلاً، كيف الانسان يتعلم و ياخذ تجارب اذا ما مر في أي مصيبة؟
  
  طبعاً الكتاب ناقش العديد من المسائل المتعلقة بالاهوت المسيحي، خاصة حول طبيعة المسيح عليه السلام وأمه مريم العذراء.
  
  زدت تيقناً من بعد قراءة هذا الكتاب أن الدين الاسلامي دين بعيد كل البعد عن التناقض، فمثلاً في الرهبنة المسيحية، لا يجوز للراهب أن يتزوج ، وإن تزوج فذلك يعتبر خطيئة! أما المسلم، فمهما كان مستوى تدينه فهو غير مضطر إلى الخروج عن غرائزه الطبيعية التي خلقه الله عليها.
  
  أنصح بقرائة هذا الكتاب لكل من اشتاق إلى قراءة رواية بالعربية فصيحة خفيفة فيها من المتعة والفائدة ما نفتقده في معظم الروايات العربية، ففي هذه الأيام، الروايات العربية التي تستحق القراءة «تنعد عالأصابع»
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  dxbgirl wrote this review Sunday, March 7, 2010. ( reply | view 2 replies | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “its one of my favorite books , realy i enjoyed by it too much . its a great book coz it has a wide collection of info.art,history,stories and licture .
  read it and enjoy my dear .”

  sherien samir wrote this review Saturday, November 8, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No