Our neighborhood boys: the story of the forbidden novel, by: Mohamed Shaeer

"Not ((Our Neighborhood Boys)) just a novel in which Naguib Mahfouz raises his questions about justice and freedom, it is our story with authority; every authority, it is our society's own story and its longing to think outside narrow boxes. The novel appeared over more than half a century as a political treasure, fought over by all political and religious forces, trying to exploit it for their own benefit, and a symbol of cultural, political, and social battles, each taking a new form every period, involving politicians, religious men, writers, killers, institutions, and reaching its peak with an assassination attempt by a young man who read no letter except the fatwas of his sheikhs. Number of pages: 320."