In Chicago city, at the Histology Department of the University of Illinois, they meet: Egyptian scholars and emigrant professors, brought together and divided by love, politics, and nostalgia; driven by longing for the past and homeland, unable to escape the Eastern darkness and corruption, nor succeed in blending with the equally racist and oppressive West.

- Alaa Al Aswany scrutinizes these diseased tissues with his keen microscope...

- Published by Alaa Al Aswany at Dar Al Adab: 'Jumhuriya Ka'anna', 'The Yacoubian Building', 'Chicago'. Publishing house: Dar Al Adab Number of Pages: 423 Year of publication: 2019