Politics and faith shape lives—and break families.A fallen son, a haunted father, a reckoning awaits.

Early Praise for The Gales of Alexandria

An intricate look at the precarious relationship between faith, politics, and their potent effects on people… handling divisive themes with 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… depicting global history while rooted in human dilemmas.

– BlueInk (Starred Review)

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

– Kirkus Reviews

A novel of conflicting faith, fevered politics, and the often painful pursuit of justice … destined to linger in the mind and memory.

– Midwest Book Review (Reviewer’s Choice, April 2025 edition)

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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—political, historical, and personal—that shape who we are. More on the origins of the story and the author.