Longing of the Dervish

Author: Hamour Ziyada Publication date: 2015 Category: Short stories and novels Number of pages: 460 Publisher: Dar Al-Ain Publishing ***What they said about the novel: "The novel 'Shawq Al-Darwish' by the Sudanese writer residing in Cairo, Hamour Ziyada, is a great and important work and will be a prominent mark in the history of Sudanese literature" - Egyptian novelist Solou Bakar "It is an enjoyable and exciting novel, enjoyed by those who read it, and they will return to it again. It is not surprising that it occupied a leading position among the nominated novels for the Arab Booker Prize. A rich novel in terms of events, characters, and facts, written in a refined poetic language, using advanced techniques. We have a full-blooded Sudanese novel worthy of serious competition, without flattery or superficiality, for a high position in the journey of Arab novels, and we can be proud of the name of a great novelist who carves out a prominent place for himself, and deservedly so. His name is Hamour Ziyada" - Sudanese writer Faisal Mohamed Salhane And I swear by Allah, O Fatima. Do you not see what calamity has befallen religion? Times have changed. The earth has been filled with injustice. The Turks, the infidels, changed the religion of Allah. They humiliated the servants. Should I not respond to Allah and His Messenger if He calls me to give me life? We will struggle in the way of Allah. For the sake of Allah. We will invade Khartoum. We will open Mecca. We will rule Egypt. We will spread the light of Allah on earth after its darkness. The promise of Allah, our master Mahdi, peace be upon him. And Allah will not break His promise to His Mahdi, O Fatima. It is obligatory upon us to migrate. It is our duty to support Allah. I hastened to You, my Lord, to be pleased. I hastened to You, my Lord, to be pleased. I hastened to You... and I left Fatima behind me.