The Faculty of Arts discusses the novel “Nahawand... Fateh Al-Futuh of Persia” in the presence of the author Alaa Abdel Naim

The Department of Oriental Languages, Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, hosted the writer and novelist Dr. Alaa Abdel-Naeem to discuss his novel "Nahawand... Fath al-Futuh for Persia" and to respond to the attendees' inquiries from faculty members, the supporting staff, and students of the department, under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Metini, President of the University, Prof. Dr. Abdel Fattah Saud, Vice President for Education and Student Affairs, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Mortada, Dean of the Faculty, and the supervision of Prof. Dr. Rania Fawzy, head of the department, and moderated the meeting Prof. Dr. Saeed Al-Sabbagh, supervisor of the cultural activity in the department.

The seminar began with a minute of silence for the souls of the nation's martyrs.

In his speech, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Al-Saeed Jamal Al-Din The importance of standing on the difference between the historical novel and the investigative novel, such as the one we have now. Factors of historical honesty with artistic honesty, by treating history artistically in a dramatic context, to achieve a balance between the elements of literary creativity and the facts of history through literary narration to achieve the highest levels of artistic taste.

In turn, the "author of the novel" explained that describing the novel as an investigative book indicates that it is a book or a scientific treatise that turned into a work of fiction, and his talk also included a brief summary about the events and characters of the novel, as it revolves around the Nahawand Battle, which is one of the decisive battles in the Islamic conquest of Persia, and took place in The caliphate of our master Omar Ibn Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, in the year 21 AH (642 AD) and it was said in the year 18 or 19 AH near the town of Nahawand in Persia, in which the Muslims won a great victory under the leadership of al-Nu’man ibn Muqrin over the Sassanid Persians, except that al-Nu’man was killed in the battle, and with the victory of the Muslims The rule of the Sassanid state in Iran ended, after its rule lasted 416 years.

The discussions also dealt with many questions from the audience, including the possibility of turning the novel into a television or dramatic work. Alaa: It will cost a lot of money.

The discussions also addressed a tribute to the novel’s focus on the leadership of Islam in granting women all the rights to participate in the battle and express their opinion in the most severe situations, whether by rejection or acceptance during the era of the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, or the era of the rightly-guided caliphs, as well as her obtaining her full rights as she participated in this war alongside the Along with the man, which negates all the extremist groups’ claims that women should be veiled and not go out or teach them.

As I mentioned in the historical documents the letters sent from our master Omar Ibn Al-Khattab to the King of Persia.

At the end of the meeting Prof. Dr. Rania Fawzy presented a certificate of appreciation to the author of the novel, and the audience was keen to take memorial photos with the guest.