The Muslim Jew - The Jews Trilogy Part One / Kamal Rahim

The subject of this novel is sensitive, addressed by the writer with bold but not loud treatment, an artistic treatment through aesthetic formations that sneak into the reader and deceive him and embed in his conscience, with language that contains the warmth of colloquial speech and the eloquence of classical Arabic. An exquisite idea outside the traditional framework, perhaps touched by others but not the focal point; it was Kamel Rihim who made it the focal point, with a smooth and deep narration that initially entices you to think he will tell you a story, but as you immerse yourself in reading, you discover that you must be alert to every word read. A Muslim young man loves a Jewish girl, and the girl marries him despite her family's and his family's opposition, and it is her bad luck that the young man dies in battle, and she discovers she is pregnant with a boy who will bear all the hardships of the conflict between two families or two teams, each carrying an enormous amount of hatred. Will this boy's heart bear the result of this bitter conflict? That is what the novel tries to answer. An important novel by Dr. Kamel Rihim, documenting the doctrinal overlap in Egypt during the 1950s and after, which is reflected in the central character (Gamal), symbolizing this overlap through the Muslim father and the Jewish mother.