Sudanese journalist Mahmoud AlDanou who is currently residing in Nepal since a few years has ventured his second novel about Nepal with the tilted KATHMANDU MORNING in January 2025.
The novel is published by Egypt based publishing house—IDAFA.
No doubt, after venturing this novel, the Sudanese writer became the first to publish literary works about the social and cultural life of Nepal in the Arabic language.
The novel illustrates Nepalese daily life style presented in a realistic picture to the Arabian readers. the novel also carries lifestyle of Nepalese workers comprised of skilled workers to layman in Gulf States as well as the Nepalese security forces contributing their experienced based skill under Blue Helmet in UN’s peacekeeping mission in 11 countries including Lebanon, Syria, Sudan, Congo, Western Sahara, Mali, Central African Republic, Iraq and Yemen.
Introducing the novel, the publishing house writes, “In a first-class dramatic human journey, the writer explores the depths of a very unique culture and reveals the details of a civilization that we know almost nothing about, and highlights a hidden facet from the many faces of humanity. In a fast-paced suspenseful framework and a sharp observation with the eye of a distinguished novelist, combining the art of the novel with travel literature in a real book worth reading.”
The story also briefs about Kathmandu on the outskirts of the Himalayas. The writer also describes Kathmandu as a city that is noisy during the day and quiet at night.
Following the proverb “Early to bed and early to rise”, it is a city that sleeps early safely without fearing of any things and wakes up before.
Likewise, the writer has also already published his first novel book entitled SAPANA in 2024.
The 170 pages first novel SAPANA is a Tale from the Land of the Himalayas published by the same publishing house based in Egypt carries the story of a teenage girl who spent her entire lifetime in search of her father’s identity. The novel also touches upon political and cultural identities and their manifestations in the immigrant destination.
Sapana kept visiting various government offices tirelessly, without boredom or hope at the same time, specifically the Birth Records Department, hoping to find a thin thread that would lead her to her father’s identity curiously digging through old records covered in dust and neglect.
