Manāmāt `Amm Aḥmad al-Sammāk: Arabiska 2022

"If there is a revolution in the text of the Arabic novel, it is Khairy Shalaby's revolution." - Abbas Beydoun With the knife edge sunk into the sheep's throat, Mukhtar, my nephew, spreads out a thick sheet of butcher paper we bought to wrap the parts of the sheep's neck to prevent the source of blood from reaching our faces. As for me, I fixed my eyes on the wrist of the butcher's left hand, while he repeated the two testimonies several times for my comfort and satisfaction. Then came a feeling of great ecstasy, which I could not at all describe, and my hearing was filled with what seemed to be a loud moan that shone in the sky of the universe without interruption. less