Pythagoras the Mathemagician
"Here is a historical novel for the spirits in quest of awakening... Karim El-Koussa, or the literature in awakening."  -L'orient Le Jour, Wednesday October 3, 2001."Pythagoras is the quest of a Lebanon, its historical identity, and the spiritual identity of the Human Being. This novel is an essay of religion, philosophy and science, brought together into the human consciousness." - Magazine, issue of November 2, 2001. "On the 19th of December 2001, at the Lebanese Press Syndicate, the poet and thinker Saiid Akl, gave his 90th award to the young Lebanese author, Karim El-Koussa. "I'm very happy that I'm giving my prize to Karim..." he said. "I'm indeed very proud of that work on the Great Pythagoras." - As-Safir, December 19, and Ad-Diyar, December 21, 2001.  In an interview with Saiid Akl in the magazine Al-Afkar, issued January 21, 2002, the notorious Lebanese poet stated: "In 2001, there appeared three books that brightened the year... the third book was Pythagoras by Karim El-Koussa, which speaks deeply about Pythagoras, of Lebanese origin, son of Saydoun (Sidon), and one of the world's giants who has greatly influenced the sciences and religions."