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Today’s Important Goodreads, Go Over Memoirs of Room 8


Sat 21 Sep 2019 | 11:48 AM
Ahmed Yasser

Memoirs of Room 8 by Dr. Fahmy Abdel-Salam, a close friend of Amal Donkol, published to correct this image. The Memoirs of Room 8 takes its name from the room at the National Cancer Institute where Donkol spent the last three months of his life.

The book reveals much that has not been told about the cultural circles in the 1970s and the 1980s.

In addition, he analyses some of Donkol’s poems. One of well-known favourite is the first movement of Spartacus’ Last Words: Glory to Satan, god of the winds. Who said no in the face of those who said yes. Who taught Man to destroy nothingness. He who said no and did not die and remained a soul in eternal pain.

Amal Donkol

The author filled his book with situations showing the nobility and chivalry of the poet and illustrating that he loved life and people and was hard on the parasites of cultural life.

Also, it shows that Donkol was a legendary personality who possessed an amazing gift in understanding people, and the courage to deal with them in the correct way, put them in their place and appraise their talents.

The writer also describes Donkol’s courage in his last days where laughter never left him when he received his visitors in the hospital, the malady never weakened his resolve, he never complained or felt victimised and he never tried to acquire any gains from his illness.