- Jamāl al-Ghīṭānī (1945 – 2015, Egypt) – al-Khuṭaṭ al-Fāṣilah: Yawmiyāt al-Qalb al-Maftūḥ (‘al-Ghīṭānī manuscripts: diaries of an open heart’, 1980). In these diaries made up of short stories, Egyptian writer al-Ghīṭānī describes his experiences before and after receiving open heart surgery in Cleveland, the Unites States, such as travelling, missing his wife and children, and his fears of the operation going wrong (reference). With ‘an open heart’, he also reflects on his own past and the world, such as his relationships with his friends and with other authors writing in the Arabic language, including the writings of Ibn ʿArabī (see in R: Religion and Sectarianism: Islam: Sufism: Ibn ʿArabī).
Refrences:
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- Muḥammad ʿAṭiyyah. 20140. “Khuṭūṭ al-Fāḍilah: Yawmiyāt al-Qalb al-Maftūḥ Jamāl al-Ghīṭānī.” www.sasapost.com, 19 October 2022, https://www.sasapost.com/opinion/gamal-ghitani/ (last accessed 30 June 2022)