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The novel "I'jam" by the Iraqi novelist and poet Sinan Anton was published by Al-Jamal Publications as part of distinguished Arabic novels that include the author's other works. A brief about the book "I'jam" He slid the Alef from the door proudly, and it shone with a mesmerizing purple light that lit up my night. He stood in front of me and took off the Hamza that he was wearing on his head like a hat. He threw it behind him, and it hit the wall, which suddenly turned into a large mirror. He bowed to me respectfully, then pointed to the Ba, which had already peeked out its head, to enter. The Ba entered, followed by the Ta and the Tha. I removed their dots after they bowed to me as well. Every letter then looked at itself in the mirrors and laughed, then started dancing, jumping, and spinning. Letters entered one after the other... the Jeem, Ha, and Kha, then the Dal, Dhal, Ra, Zay, Seen, and Sheen. Laughter intensified, and the dots fell one after the other. And the letters that carried no dots began to carry dots from the ground, placing them on their bodies or on their heads or underneath, then looking into the mirror. Another would tease its sisters, stealing their dots before they could remove them. The Seen stole the dots of the Sheen and laughed loudly, then placed his index finger on his mouth, saying: "Shhh." The Lam caught the Hamza of the Alef and started shouting, "Kaf, I am." The Haa and the Waw stood in the corner laughing. The Meem lay on his belly, then raised his head and wore two dots he picked up from the ground. Laughter grew more mischievous, and the letters danced everywhere, contorting into different and forbidden positions. Then the mirror shattered, and soldiers stormed the party, opening fire with their machine guns at the fallen letters. I woke up to find myself here (K). They say about the novel "I'jam" It is a bizarre, caricatured, tragic work, crafted with poetic, lively, and shining language, closer to an active process than to static, rigid language — a language that turns even the prisoner’s chatter and suffering into a real text that expresses his self and worlds.