In this collection, Mohamed Ibrahim Nawaya transitions to the regular short story after publishing several collections of very short stories. In "Robotic Children," the author demonstrates his narrative ability to move from capturing fleeting moments, as in flash fiction, to employing science fiction to convey his ideas, philosophy, and critique of the reality around him. He transcends time and space to encompass a reality where all of humanity has become objectified, with individuals managed like machines controlled by others. When they seek salvation, they quickly collide with the might of authority, which uses modern machinery to reinforce its power.

The author uses fantasy symbolically to reflect our material reality, which is dominated by machines. Therefore, he chose "Robotic Children" as the title for the collection to serve as a stimulating entry point, aligning its stories in content and form with postmodern literature that criticizes the superficial reality inhabited by the objectified, robotically-led human. This collection is a literary adventure into the schools of experimentation and modernization in the field of the new short story.

- Dr. Ezz El-Din Mirghani

• Author: Mohamed Ibrahim Nawaya
• Publisher: Alaan Publishers and Distributors
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st
• Number of Pages: 102
• Dimensions (cm): 14.5 × 21.5
• Weight (g): 135
• ISBN: 978-9923-13-562-4