"Love, my darling, is this storm that we know will sweep over us, yet we do not hide from it. It is that hurricane we realize will uproot us, yet we do not conceal ourselves. But betrayal is a playful girl who grants you a fleeting pleasure and an overwhelming servitude. As for fate, my dear, it is the skilled painter who uses no brush, no white paper, no specific studio to stand in. All colors are at his disposal, but he often prefers black. And when he displays his surrealist paintings, we have no choice but to admire or reject them. His paintings resemble him: they bring us a little joy and a lot of pain, without us having the right to even express an opinion. That is why he is often frightening, and sometimes beautiful."

He loved in Beirut and was deceived in Baltimore, navigating several tumultuous love stories, yet he continued to bet on love and loyalty, championing them. He lived the dialectic of betrayal and repentance.

This is a quintessentially realistic novel that presents the biography of a young Lebanese man who moved between green pitches—as a football player and sports journalist—the halls of university—as a rebellious student—and the corridors of life—as a lover and a fighter. He uncovers the pervasiveness of sectarianism in all three areas and its fierce role in excluding him from many successes. He condemns the monopolies that have spared no economic, educational, or sporting life in Lebanon.

In short, Baltimore Hurricane is us, on the sidewalk of a society sprawling like a snake that changes its skin with the seasons, yet remains forever loyal to its head.

• Author: Hussein Abdul Rasoul Sbeiti
• Publishing House: Al-Matbouat for Distribution and Publishing
• Number of Pages: 248
• Year of Publication: 2015