law enta betḥeb el qera2a, matfotsh Shakespeare and Company lama tzoor Paris. da maḥal kotob bel en2leezi mashhoor 3ala el bank el shemali beta3 nahr Seine. awel Shakespeare and Company fel tareekh etfataḥ fe 1919 3ala eed amrikya, esm-ha Sylvia Beach. Ms. Beach makanetsh bas betbee3 kotob. maḥal-ha kan kamaan maktaba, we kanet beteḥaḍar aserra lel kottab elly beyzoro-ha. Ms. Beach makanetsh ṭayba ma3 el nas bas, laken kanet shatra fe ekhteyar el kotob, fa maḥal-ha kan beyzooro kottab zay Ernest Hemingway we James Joyce. laken fe 1941, ba3d ma el alman mesko el ḥokm fe Paris, ṭalabo men Ms. Beach en-ha te2fel el maḥal.

fe 1951, feh amriki tani, George Whitman, fataḥ fe Paris maḥal kotob tani bel en2leezi, esmo Librairie Mistral. men sa3et-ha, zay ma Ms. Beach 3amalet, Mr. Whitman kaman khalla maḥalo maktaba 3ashan el nas testa3eer kotob, we otel bebalash lel kottab yebato feh. 3ashan yeftekar Ms. Beach, Mr. Whitman 8ayar esm maḥalo le Shakespeare and Company fe 1964, ba3d santeen men wafat Ms. Beach.

el marra el gaya lama tekoon fe Paris, matensash tzoor el maḥal el wadood da, we shoof law momken te2di leila henak!
eḥna ne3raf eh 3an Mr. Whitman?
kan gar Ms. Beach. kan beyeshta8al 3and Ms. Beach fel maḥal. fataḥ maḥal kotob 3ashan yeftekar Ms. Beach. mesh bel zabt tabe3 tare2et Ms. Beach fel shoghl.