Leaving at Dusk

{{Short description|Novel by Hanna Mina}}

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| name = Heart of the Night

| title_orig = {{lang|ar|الرحيل عند الغروب|i=no}}

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| author = Hanna Mina

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| country = Lebanon

| language = Arabic

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| genre = Novel

| publisher = Dar Al Adab for Publishing and Distribution

| release_date = 1992

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| pages = 299 pp (paperback)

| isbn = 9789953893396

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Leaving at Dusk ({{langx|ar|الرحيل عند الغروب}}) is a novel by the Syrian author Hanna Mina,{{Cite web |title=المرأة والبحر في روايات حنا مينة جدية البحث والتقصي |url=https://alrai.com/article/109723/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A3%D9%8A%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A3%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7-%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%AB-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B5%D9%8A |website=alrai.com}}{{Cite web |last=للأخبار |first=مركز الاتحاد |date=August 29, 2018 |title=حنا مينة وتطويع الأيديولوجيا |url=https://www.aletihad.ae/article/61306/2018/%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7-%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A7 |access-date=January 19, 2025 |website=aletihad.ae |language=ar-AR}}{{Cite web |title=تجمّع سوريات من أجل الديمقراطية » المرأة في روايات حنّا مينة من« 1960 – 1993» |url=https://cswdsy.org/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A3%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AD%D9%86%D9%91%D8%A7-%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86-1960-1993/ |access-date=January 19, 2025 |website=cswdsy.org |language=ar}} published by Dar Al-Adab for Publishing and Distribution in 1992.{{Cite web |date= |title=الرحيل عند الغروب : رواية / (图书, 1992) |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4771456112 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422064911/https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4771456112 |archive-date=April 22, 2021 |access-date=January 19, 2025 |website=WorldCat}}{{Cite book |last=حنا، |first=مينه، |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gW42AAAAMAAJ |title=الرحيل عند الغروب: رواية |date=1992 |publisher=دار الآداب، |language=ar |via=Google Books}}{{Cite book |last=مينة |first=حنا |url=https://koha.birzeit.edu/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=171418 |title=الرحيل عند الغروب: رواية |date=1992 |publisher=دار الآداب |edition=ط. 1 |location=بيروت |via=koha.birzeit.edu}}

The novel tells the story of an elderly, wealthy sailor who spent his life at sea, rejecting law and authority, and indifferent to death or madness. One night, he decides to dive in search of the mermaid he believes in, philosophizing and embracing life without a clear purpose.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=الرحيل عند الغروب |url=https://maktabetalarab.com/products/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%B9%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8?variant=41816743805090 |access-date=January 19, 2025 |website=Maktabet Alarab |language=ar}}{{Cite web |title=الرحيل عند الغروب |url=https://www.kotobli.com/ar/books/7240-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%B9%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8 |access-date=January 19, 2025 |website=kotobli.com |language=ar}}