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Sonallah Ibrahim, Egyptian Novelist of Irony and Dissent, Dies at 88

Sonallah Ibrahim, Egyptian Novelist of Irony and Dissent, Dies at 88
Starting with “That Smell” in 1966, he wrote with stark power about themes of repression in the Egyptian police state.

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