سماهاني

Author's name: Baraka Sakandar Publisher: Misklyani for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2020 Literary classification: Novel Brief about the book: An open text on history, drawing inspiration from it without imitating it. Its events take place in Zanzibar Island in Africa, and its time is the memory of tyranny that has not yet closed its door. Who owns whom? Where did freedom come to Africa from? And has it really arrived? Sama Hani Expressing regret and asking for an apology after writing the last question, why now? You do not have to read the events contained in the text and foresee their end, for they present themselves without hesitation, but the author does not hesitate to place the last chapter in the middle of the novel as if the ending does not concern him. However, the definite demand of the story is to think about what lies behind those events and to reconsider ourselves boldly in the mirror of pleasures. As soon as you open this novel, you open a door in this open, mysterious, shameful time, and you are prompted to ask again: Are we the ones walking? Or is the road moving beneath our feet?