The Americans in my house

Number of pages: 264. Author: Nizar Abdul Sattar. Publishing house: Yustaroon Publishing and Distribution. Year of publication: 2023. The novel "Americans in My House" by Iraqi writer and storyteller Nizar Abdul Sattar, published by the Arab Foundation for Studies and Publishing; its events revolve around a journalist belonging to a secret Iraqi organization that was established in the mid-eighteenth century to carry out charitable work with the support of the Dominican Fathers. However, the organization, with the entry of the American army into Iraq, shifts towards rebuilding cultural identity to stand against the culture of fanaticism, closure, and fear. The journalist Jalal becomes an active activist in the organization and undertakes actions against the violence occurring in the country. But the American forces present in Iraq put him under surveillance, at the behest of a senior American officer who has a friendship with the Iraqi journalist. Abdul Sattar sees that his novel talks about restoring self-confidence through a new intellectual revival that rebuilds the human and frees him from the cultures of emerging fear. The novel is not concerned with the daily events of Iraq but rather warns of the stimulus of contact between two civilizations and the resulting conflict and dominance. It is expected that this will lead to a reformation of cultural identity and create a motive for a new turning point.