Edwar El Kharrat (1926-2015)

       Egyptian author Edwar El Kharrat has also passed away; see, for example, Mohammed Saad's ahramonline report.
       He's best-known for Rama and the Dragon -- see the American University in Cairo Press publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
       I have a copy of this, and I'll try to get a review up at some point.