HOUSES BEHIND THE TREES- Beyout Wara’ al-Ashgar

HOUSES BEHIND THE TREES
Mohammed El-Bisatie.

Mohamed El-Bisatie is well know among a wide audience, but especaially among his native audience of Egypt.
He was born in 1937 in el-Gamalia. He attended Cairo University
and graduated in 1960 from the School of Commerce.
He took a job for the government as an accountancy inspector where he stayed until he retired.
Traditionally a writer in Arabic, he began publishing in 1962 with stories such as: al-Masa', al-Katib, and Rose el-Youssef. His first work, al-Masa', was published in August 1966.
El-Bisatie is a member of exclusive writers know as "Gallery 68." "Gallery 68 is an avant-garde literary magazine which was the brainchild of a core group of 10 writers...publishing in its eight issues." 
(from arabworldbooks.com)