K. V. Zettersteéns newly discovered translation from 1953 of Taha Husayn’s al-Ayya¯m (The Days) is the first translation from modern Arabic prose literature into Swedish as far as we know today. It was made to convince ...

The Egyptian author Taha Husayn’s autobiographical novel The Days has not been used as a source to the history of religions to any large extent. This article wishes to address if and how it can serve as a potential ...