My story with the prison Hanfi Al-Mahallawi first edition 1993 AD pages: 222 pages

Publisher's note: How many times have you been to prison.. and why? And what are your feelings and emotions when you were living behind bars? And what is your opinion on criminalizing pure thought without a hint of violence? Is it permissible for a thinker to be imprisoned with criminals such as thieves, murderers, and perpetrators of moral crimes? And what is the impact of the prison experience on you as a writer and thinker? Have you written books while behind the walls, or what ideas did you come up with from this experience? And who are the most important figures you met or got to know during your time in prison? Do you see prison as a black spot in the life of a thinker? And what is your opinion on the conditions of prisons in Egypt? And if you were in charge of a prison, how would you deal with prisoners accused of thought crimes? And if you were the head of the government or the Minister of Interior and a list of names of thinkers wanted for arrest was presented to you, what would be your reaction and how would you act? This type of dozens of questions raised and posed by the distinguished journalist Mr. Hanfi Al-Mahlawi in an intriguing way for the psychological and intellectual ideas of a group of major Egyptian writers and thinkers who were arrested or imprisoned because of their ideas and stances that challenged public life in search of freedom and strength. As for the answers to these questions, they varied according to each writer's or thinker's approach and personality, who tell their stories with prison in this enjoyable book! Author's note: A historical and documentary book, narrating real stories of prominent Egyptian thinkers and writers who entered prisons and detention centers, where the book recounts each of their stories inside prison, and tells stories from among the famous: Mustafa Amin, Mahmoud El-Saadani, Abdel Sabour Shaheen, Milad Hanna, Lotfi Al-Khouli, Gamal El-Ghitani, Salah Eissa, Gamal Badawi, Mokhtar El-Sweify.