A Sparrow from the East (Arabic: Usfur min Sharq) is a novel written by famous Egyptian author Tawfiq al-Hakim in 1938. It narrates the life of Muhasin, an Arab, in Paris, France and his encounter with the Western modernity. It can be argued that, the persona of Muhsin is similar to those of Tawfiq when he was in Paris in 1925 for doing his PhD. Source: Wikipedia (en)