In the city of flies

Author: Ahmed Abdelmonem Ramadan Publication date: 2026 Book classification: Short story and novel Publisher: Dar Al-Shorouk Number of pages: 154 Format: Paperback Synopsis: In a futuristic world shrouded in strangeness, and in a city that no longer breathes except dust of garbage, and its sky disappears behind endless swarms of flies, lives a man obsessed with perfection and absolute order. And as an official in the mysterious "Hadhou" device, he imagines that his mission is to impose control and purify society from its impurities, without noticing that he is unable to purify himself from restless obsessions. Gradually, the city is overtaken by a strange fever to eliminate the flies, until he finds himself in the heart of an unusual battle, where the buzzing outside mixes with that which gnaws at his mind, until he is surprised by the world around him changing and facing questions he was not used to asking himself before. "City of Flies" is not just a novel about a dystopian reality, it is a cry about obsession and control, and a harsh portrayal of the internal collapse of a man who has all power except over his mind.