Mario and Abu al-Abbas

This novel unfolds between the era of the Sufi mystic Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi and the era of the Italian architect Mario Rossi. Despite the vast time gap between the two figures and the events that transpired during their lives, author Reem Bassiouni presents their stories and how the Italian architect, who built numerous mosques for the Egyptian Ministry of Religious Endowments, came to know Abu al...