From the novel: With the word 'Daniela', his entire being withdrew from its inner journey, returning at lightning speed through time and space... From the lush greenery of West Kordofan four years ago, across thousands of miles, to settle back inside himself at the side table of the Golden Swan cafe in New York City, in our present time... For a moment no longer than a heartbeat, he stared into Daniela's face, overcome by a strong feeling of surprise and wonder... Where am I?! What am I doing here?! And who is this beautiful woman sitting with me?... An overwhelming feeling that everything around him was new, something he had never seen before in his life, from which he awoke after a single second... He is a doctor and understands the phenomenon of 'Jamais vu', a French term meaning 'never seen before', the opposite of 'Déjà vu', meaning 'already seen'... When blood is delayed in reaching the brain, this phenomenon occurs. Mohamed Sayed had spoken about it often because he loves reading psychology books and has now shed his laziness to pursue specialization in that field... Jamais vu... Three years of my life are nothing but a long 'Jamais vu'... I was supposed to be in the hospital in Bahri right now, having just finished assisting Mr. Ibrahim Nimr, the surgery specialist there, in a splenectomy for a child with Thalassemia. Afterwards, I was going to meet Amani at the medical college to have lunch together and ask her about her brother's opinion on my request to visit them at home on Friday to get to know him and ask for her hand... I was as happy as a child on Eid morning as I crossed the hospital corridor when that elegant young man stopped me at the door, showed me his ID, and asked me to accompany him quietly.

• Category: Novel
• Author: Hamed Moussa Bashir
• Publisher: Fadaat Publishing
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Number of Pages: 214