It's neither reality nor fantasy… but both together. This is the Enchantress, whose nights echo the strangeness and awe of imagination, intertwined with the shock and ugliness of reality. Between truth and fantasy, past and present, are intertwined threads, secrets, and breath-stopping nightmares along the endless tunnel of her nights.

Sheikh Fawaz shouts while shaking Warda’s shoulders frantically, “Say something, Enchantress… Answer, do you see me as a monster like I see myself in Liliana’s mirror?” “Nothing kills me more than your silence… Do you know, woman of oppression and torment, that I can tear your tender flesh and feed it to the crows? If you wish, I could build you a palace like that of Bilqis and command both humans and jinn to serve you… Just point with your delicate finger, and you will find Sheikh Fawaz at your service.” When nothing answers him but the echo of his voice, he screams as if stung by a whip. “Only you, Enchantress, hold the secret. Only you can turn me from a monster to a man. Only you can break Liliana’s mirror.”

Salwa Al-Banna, a Palestinian novelist. Her novels include: 'Bride Behind the River', Dar Al-Talee’a; 'The One Coming from Distances', Palestinian Writers and Journalists Union; 'Rain on a Warm Morning', Dar Al-Haqaeq; 'Al-Amoura', Manar Press for Journalism and Publishing; 'A Woman Out of Time', Arab Scientific Publishers; 'Lovers of a Star', Dar Al-Adab. In stories: 'The Other Face', Arab Institution for Studies; 'Nightmares of Joy', Dar Al-Jalil; 'The Shoe of His Excellency', Arab Scientific Publishers.

Publishing house: Dar Al-Farabi Publishing and Distribution

Number of Pages: 240

Year of publication: 2017