"I was the one who must go to Najaf for training as an imam, he told me, and not my brother, who loathed study of any kind. It looked to me like I was being offered up as a sacrifice."
Translating Dystopia: An Excerpt from Yasser Abdel Hafez’s ‘The Book of Safety’
"I’ve no experience with children, but generally speaking, shouldn’t they seem joyous and uninhibited?"
An Excerpt from Mohamed Rabie’s Prize-winning Dystopia ‘Otared’
“Price of entry is one unopened packet of cigarettes. No weapons here. If you’re carrying a weapon, chuck it down that hole, now. No talking to the pedestrians and no looking at their faces. If you’re carrying a mask, then put it on; otherwise cover your face with a scarf or a sheet of newspaper."
