# دار الكرمة (Alkarma Books) > دار الكرمة ("Dar Al Karma" / Alkarma Books) is an Arabic publishing house > founded in Cairo, Egypt in 2013, and an online bookstore selling its own > titles alongside books from other Arabic publishers. All content, pricing > and checkout are Arabic-language and in Egyptian pounds (EGP). Alkarma publishes Arabic and translated books — with a focus on novels, history, biography and memoir, and personal development — and is the publisher for a number of leading Egyptian writers including إبراهيم عيسى (Ibrahim Eissa), عمر طاهر (Omar Taher), أحمد خالد توفيق (Ahmed Khaled Tawfik), محمد المنسي قنديل (Mohamed El-Mansi Qindeel), جلال أمين (Galal Amin) and عز الدين شكري فشير (Ezzedine Choukri Fishere). It was named "Best Publisher" by the Egyptian Publishers Association and the General Egyptian Book Organisation in 2020, and won the encouragement award of the Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding in 2022. Notable series: «مختارات الكرمة» (rare and out-of-print Arabic literary works in new editions), «ترجمات الكرمة» (selected world fiction in translation), and «المكتبة الصوفية الصغيرة» (pocket editions of core Sufi texts). ## Ordering - Currency: Egyptian pound (EGP) only. - Delivery: all governorates of Egypt, in 5–6 working days (excluding Fridays, Saturdays and public holidays), counted from the day after the order. - Typical shipping: 80 EGP Greater Cairo · 90 EGP Nile Delta governorates · 120 EGP Upper Egypt. - Payment: cash on delivery, or card (Visa, Mastercard, Meeza). ## Key pages - [الرئيسية / Homepage](https://alkarmabooks.com/): featured, bestselling and new releases - [أحدث الإصدارات / New releases](https://alkarmabooks.com/new-releases) - [الأكثر مبيعًا / Bestsellers](https://alkarmabooks.com/bestsellers) - [التصنيفات / Categories](https://alkarmabooks.com/category) - [باقات / Bundles](https://alkarmabooks.com/bundles): curated multi-book sets - [كتاب الشهر / Book of the month](https://alkarmabooks.com/book-of-the-month) - [الأسئلة الشائعة / FAQ](https://alkarmabooks.com/faq): ordering, shipping, payment, account - [الشحن والتوصيل / Shipping](https://alkarmabooks.com/shipping) - [الإرجاع والاسترداد / Returns](https://alkarmabooks.com/returns) - [عن دار الكرمة / About](https://alkarmabooks.com/about) - [تواصل معنا / Contact](https://alkarmabooks.com/contact) ## Full catalogue The complete, always-current list of book, category, author and bundle pages is available at [sitemap.xml](https://alkarmabooks.com/sitemap.xml). Each book page includes structured data (title, author, ISBN, price, availability and rating) for accurate citation. ## Contact info@alkarmabooks.com · 01067274880