The Blue Elephant (novel)
{{Short description|Novel by Ahmed Mourad}}
{{Infobox book
| author = Ahmed Mourad
| pub_date = 2012
| name = The Blue Elephant
| image = File:The Blue Elephant (novel).jpg
| caption = First edition
| language = Arabic
| country = Egypt
| publisher = Dar El-Shorouk
| pages = 485
}}The Blue Elephant ({{langx|ar|الفيل الأزرق}}) is a novel by Ahmed Mourad and published by Dar El-Shorouk in 2012.{{Cite book |last=بوك |first=FoulaBook-مكتبة فولة |url=https://foulabook.com/ar/book/%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B2%D8%B1%D9%82-pdf |title=تحميل كتاب الفيل الأزرق تأليف أحمد مراد pdf |language=ar}} A film of the novel starring Karim Abdel Aziz premiered in 2014.{{Citation |title=فيلم - الفيل الأزرق - 2014 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض |url=https://elcinema.com/work/2019662 |language=ar |access-date=2022-06-19}}
Plot
After 5 years of optional isolation, Dr. Yehia Rashed resumes his practice in Abbasia Mental Health Hospital where he finds a surprise awaiting him..
In "8 west"the wing which decides the fate of those who committed crimes, he meets an old friend with a long past. Now this man's fate is between Yehia's hands.
More surprises flow over him and his life flips upside down, for what started as a try to understand the truth behind his friend's past, is now a thrilling adventure to discover himself and what is left of him.
Ahmed Mourad takes us in his third novel to behind the scenes of a strange world which he spent two years studying its details. It's a strange trip where we find the deepest and strangest mysteries of the human soul.{{Cite web |title=رواية الفيل الأزرق pdf أحمد مراد |url=https://galisi-ebook-pdf.com/book.php?bookName=%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B2%D8%B1%D9%82%20pdf%20%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%20%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809054734/http://galisi-ebook-pdf.com/book.php?bookName=%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B2%D8%B1%D9%82+pdf+%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF+%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 9, 2019 |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=galisi-ebook-pdf.com}}
Reception
The Blue Elephant was short-listed for the 2014 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.{{cite web |title=The Blue Elephant - Ahmed Mourad
|url=https://www.arabicfiction.org/en/node/49 |website=International Prize for Arabic Fiction |access-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516075629/https://arabicfiction.org/en/node/49 |archive-date=16 May 2021}}
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