In front of the throne

A dialogue with the rulers of Egypt starting from Ahmose, Ramses II, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Minister Qaraqosh, and Semaan al-Jarjawi, leader of the Coptic revolution against the Umayyad Caliphate. Those who ruled, it was time for their trial, and in a simple style, Naguib Mahfouz conducts a trial for Egypt's leaders from Mena the Unifier of the Two Lands to Anwar Sadat. The novel was first published in 1983, following the rise of extremist organizations and their assassination of Egyptian President Sadat, in which Naguib Mahfouz conducts an imaginary trial of the leaders, employing Pharaonic heritage in shaping his trial; Osiris, alongside Isis and Horus, listen to what the writer of the gods presents about each ruler's deeds. And the "Court Before the Throne" does not concern itself with contentious details but with the achievements that were actually realized, and the conflict reaches its climax between the leaders of the Liberal Wafd Party and the leaders of the July Revolution. "Is fighting illiteracy more important than fighting global imperialism?"