The book has disappeared and the phrase has become commonplace, like sale items on the curb of cyberspace... orphaned phrases without a reference or brand, which has deprived the book of its sacred mission of professionally documenting the phrase, and of taming the fast-digesting electronic gluttony to meet the reader's needs within their technological context, without undermining the value of the content or subjecting it to the superficial requirements of the age that focus less on substance and more on sensationalism, no matter how cheap its content or shallow its expressive depth.

From here came the idea of "The Forbidden East," as a form of dark wisdom with its own stellar clusters that engage with condensation and secrecy, merging with reduction and fission, like swift and penetrating linguistic shots.

"The Forbidden East" is writing charged with black comedy, flowing like a fountain of embers from a timed historical crater, a dome of fresh lava crystallizing into explosive linguistic sparks.

• Author: Lina Abu Baker
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: First
• Number of Pages: 178
• Publisher: Fadaat Publishing