This is a new novel by a writer known for his established talent and his bet only on the value of the literary text. It traces, with charming language, an enjoyable narration, and an atmosphere approaching fantasy, a defining moment in which religion is transformed into an expensive commodity that only the newly wealthy can acquire, sex into a vehicle that runs over an entire generation under its wheels, and citizenship into firewood consumed by the fire of fanaticism. . The genius of the place appears through the luxurious compound community on the outskirts of the harsh desert, and the dilemma of existence is manifested in an overwhelming desire to end our lives when we suddenly lose those we love and live burdened by the burden of guilt as we wonder: Why do we live when they are all gone? How right was the international writer Naguib Mahfouz in his celebration of new talents - Muhammad Baraka was the youngest of them - when they won the first short story competition organized by the Cairo newspaper "Akhbar Al-Adab" in the 1990s, and how truthful the newspaper''s headline was in his prophecy when he presented this generation with the phrase: "Twenty writers guided us to Egypt"

This is a new novel by a writer known for his established talent and his bet only on the value of the literary text. It traces, with charming language, an enjoyable narration, and an atmosphere approaching fantasy, a defining moment in which religion is transformed into an expensive commodity that only the newly wealthy can acquire, sex into a vehicle that runs over an entire generation under its wheels, and citizenship into firewood consumed by the fire of fanaticism. . The genius of the place appears through the luxurious compound community on the outskirts of the harsh desert, and the dilemma of existence is manifested in an overwhelming desire to end our lives when we suddenly lose those we love and live burdened by the burden of guilt as we wonder: Why do we live when they are all gone? How right was the international writer Naguib Mahfouz in his celebration of new talents - Muhammad Baraka was the youngest of them - when they won the first short story competition organized by the Cairo newspaper "Akhbar Al-Adab" in the 1990s, and how truthful the newspaper''s headline was in his prophecy when he presented this generation with the phrase: "Twenty writers guided us to Egypt"

This is a new novel by a writer known for his established talent and his bet only on the value of the literary text. It traces, with charming language, an enjoyable narration, and an atmosphere approaching fantasy, a defining moment in which religion is transformed into an expensive commodity that only the newly wealthy can acquire, sex into a vehicle that runs over an entire generation under its wheels, and citizenship into firewood consumed by the fire of fanaticism. . The genius of the place appears through the luxurious compound community on the outskirts of the harsh desert, and the dilemma of existence is manifested in an overwhelming desire to end our lives when we suddenly lose those we love and live burdened by the burden of guilt as we wonder: Why do we live when they are all gone? How right was the international writer Naguib Mahfouz in his celebration of new talents - Muhammad Baraka was the youngest of them - when they won the first short story competition organized by the Cairo newspaper "Akhbar Al-Adab" in the 1990s, and how truthful the newspaper''s headline was in his prophecy when he presented this generation with the phrase: "Twenty writers guided us to Egypt"