• Author: Hussein Al-Sakkaf
• Publisher: Dar Fadaat
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Number of Pages: 412
• Edition: First
• Subject: Novels
• Language: Arabic

"Hayat... Hinana" is a narrative experience with a masterfully crafted structure and concept, relying on an in-depth analytical study of the female character's psyche. It is a sociological and psychological examination of a female personality who has navigated the conflicts of a war-torn country, under the weight of social traditions and customs that inevitably stand against women's liberation and their attempts to break free.

The novel serves as a call for the liberation of the "girl" from the shackles that have long bound her freedom. The dedication at the novel's opening clearly points to this: "To everyone who discovered the magic of her dewy world, in front of a mirror, while inhaling the scent of war...".

Hayat, the protagonist, is the Ishtar of Babylon and the "Inanna" of Sumer, the daughter of Mesopotamia—a source of fertility filled with love, strength, rebellion, and overflowing desire. She is the lover who gives her body and love to those she deems worthy, choosing them according to her own will. She is the worshipped and sacred goddess, who passes through men by her own choice, not the other way around.

"The older I grew, the bigger the war became... The more my body filled with youth and vitality, the more the earth also filled with youth, but in the form of corpses whose dreams were assassinated...".