- Title: The Door (Al-Bab / الباب)
- Author: غسان كنفاني Ghassan Kanafani
- Category: Theatrical Play Book. Literature & Performing Arts.
- Year: 1964
- Language: Arabic
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Dimensions: 8 x 5 1/2 inch approx. 20x14cm
- Printed in Beirut, Lebanon.
- Edition: 1
- Published by: Dar al-Tali'a (دار الطليعة)
- Pages: 77.
- Format: Softcover.
- Condition: Acceptable. Covers showing typical edge fraying, paper toning, and minor surface smudging consistent with an aged paperback. The book displays a distinct light brown water stain running along the bottom edge of the front cover and first and last few pages. Pen scratch on the rear cover and the introduction page upper left margin. Internally clean. Complete.
- Note: The play "The Door" (Al-Bab) is the first theatrical work by the acclaimed Palestinian author Ghassan Kanafani, published in 1964. مسرحية "الباب" هي أولى الأعمال المسرحية للكاتب الفلسطيني غسان كنفاني، صدرت عام 1964 بالتزامن مع روايته الشهيرة "رجال في الشمس". تمثل هذه المسرحية الفلسفية المكونة من خمسة فصول الجزء الأول من ثلاثية مسرحية تضم أيضاً "جسر إلى الأبد" و"القبعة والنبي
- Themes & Narrative: Departing slightly from his strictly realistic political fiction, "The Door" relies heavily on symbolic and existential themes. It draws from the ancient pre-Islamic Arabian myth of the tribe of 'Ad and its king, Shaddad bin 'Ad, who built the legendary city of Iram of the Pillars. Kanafani utilizes the framework of this myth to grapple with profound existential inquiries concerning absolute human freedom, fate, choice, and mortality.