Dreams of the Rehabilitation Period or Dreams of the Period of Recovery (Ahlam fatrat al-naqaha) are a series of writings, the last in Naguib Mahfouz's lifetime. The writings have been variously dubbed short stories, nanonovellas, dreams, and sketches. They are similar in scope to Mahfouz's 1982 collection I Saw as the Sleeper Sees in which a series of 17 short "dreams" is contained. They are meant to read like accounts of actual dreams. "The Dreams" were written in the last part of Mahfouz's lifetime and against a serious of unfortunate physical conditions, including diabetes and a recovery from a wounding by a would-be assassin. Additionally, Mahfouz fell down and broke his wrist and from that stage he began to dictate his writings. The product of his efforts are the extremely unique and