Reader of the Dabbaghine Street

Author: Sufyan Rajab Publication date: 2023 Book classification: Short story and novel Publisher: Maskelyani Publishing Number of pages: 215 Format: Paperback Synopsis: It was an umbrella made of old books papers, I took my place under it, and started reading some sentences marked with a green pen: "Idle minds are dead minds," "If you do not listen to different ideas, you have started to become extinct," "All nations mock each other and all are right," "Whoever has a goal in life, nothing can oppose him," "If you stare too long into the abyss, the abyss will stare into you," "A person without intelligence cannot see it...," and I read many other sentences, cut from Nietzsche and Schopenhauer's books. I guessed that Al-Nouri was behind their selection. Then I noticed sentences in my apron marked with a green pen, also cut from Nietzsche and Schopenhauer's books. One of them says: "Honor is something we should work on losing, not gaining," and on his lame Hama's outfit, there appeared sentences marked in green. I called him: "Come, come closer," and started reading some of them: "Skill hits the targeted goals, but genius hits the goals that are unseen," and "Books prevent despair from devouring me."