Random Ramblings and a Lost Book

Oh, what an odd jumble of thoughts the brain spews forth at 2:00 in the morning. The first thing I should like to say is that Tash Ma Tash ( طاش ما طاش) is hilarious, and special thanks for Abu Dhabi TV to purchase a couple of episodes and let me watch the live channel online for free.

Secondly, I am fretting over not being able to recall the title of a book that I used to own some years ago, and was forced to get rid of. Without the title, I can't hunt down a new copy. Which is to say, a copy that is new to me. I am quite sure that this book is out of print. It is a children's book, most likely British in origin, about little British children growing up in colonial times in Egypt. They take Arabic lessons and complain about the dichotomy between spoken and written Arabic. They have friends among the local people in the village. Most importantly, they solve a mystery. Some years before, the son of a widow was wanted by the authorities. He ran away, and hid in some kind of dark place in the village. The villagers thought they had a ghost around, when really it was the man sneaking around in the middle of the night. A treasure of some sort turns up, which had something to do with the man. Oh please, I do hope that somebody can tell what out of print book I am looking for?