• Author: Osama Rugaia
• Publisher: Fadaat Publishing
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Number of Pages: 124
• Subject: Novels

About the Book:

Some said that Mr. Naheef (or Lord Twenty) died of gluttony on a wild night with an overdose of a bad stimulant. Others said sarcastically that he could not bear the closure of the large textile factory after a cartel escaped with the money. Still others said that his humanity softened for the factory workers who became homeless after the closure. The truth is that he died in a moment of silence, without warning, as if he were a machine that had run out of fuel oil. With him ended the false prestige and dignity, fear cracked in people's hearts, greed evaporated, money dwindled, and rumors sprouted like devils' heads. Then they were extinguished, and his widow became Lust, and his five daughters—Raghba, Aynaa, Hashida, Mal'ouba, and Far'aa—became six hidden curses in the city.