The shell

A novel that narrates the daily life of a young man who was arrested upon his arrival at his country's airport returning from France and spent twelve years in prison without knowing the charge against him... It is the injustice, corruption, and cruelty that are not sanctioned by Sharia... and the methods of torture that we have not read about before. Mustafa Khalifa in his novel relies on the act of spying by the central character in the novel, who refuses to consider him a hero, as he is an ordinary person who was studying directing in France, and was arrested immediately upon his return to Syria without knowing why! It later becomes clear that his arrest was for a fabricated charge, which is affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood, despite being Christian! He is taken to Tadmur prison, where he spent many long and difficult years there, which completely changed his life, after surviving death in prison more than once. "Fasaha Website. Number of pages: 332 Year of publication: 2012 Publisher: Dar Al-Adab"