A family saga about how extremes pull us apart—and the ties that bind us together.

Early Praise for The Gales of Alexandria

An intricate look at the precarious relationship between faith, politics, and their potent effects on people… A graceful nuance.

– BookLife by Publishers Weekly (Editor’s Pick)

A painful picture of a lost young man striving to make his life mean something, at any cost.

– BlueInk (Starred Review)

Deeply felt, richly detailed … A sobering tale of complex politics and histories.

– Kirkus Reviews

Paced like a thriller, with the cultural depth of Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things—a rare balance of momentum and nuance.

– The Miramichi Reader

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A layered novel, told through voices rarely heard.
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The Author

Ehab Elgammal grew up in Alexandria, Egypt, and now lives in Ontario, Canada. He holds a Master of Business Administration from HEC Montréal and a Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School. The Gales of Alexandria is his debut novel.

His fiction reflects a lifelong search to understand the unseen forces—societal, historical, and personal—that shape who we are. More on the origins of the story and the author.