The shell

When horror, injustice, dying, sadness, and gloom converge in one novel. A novel by Mustafa Khalifa that was banned from publication in the Arab world and was published in French instead of Arabic. Its events take place in the eighties of the last century amid the war between the Syrian regime and the Muslim Brotherhood. When Mustafa Khalifa decided to return to his country Syria from France because he claimed that his country needed him. He left behind all his memories and his beautiful reality. When he arrived at the Syrian airport and tried to enter his country, he was arrested on the claim that he was affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood despite being Christian. He was then imprisoned for more than 13 years, subjected to various types of torture and abuse. The novel is very painful and full of gloomy events, and the voices of horror, pain, and torture are loud in it. It is exhausting and heartbreaking. By the way! The events of the novel "The Shell" are true, and if not, they are less than true in describing the torture faced by that Syrian young man. Book information: Genre: Novel Number of pages: 383 Author: Mustafa Khalifa