The Hardijan

About this book

In a world worshiping "certificates of perfection" and trying souls based on their bodies' uprightness, "the Hardijan" emerges not as unknown geography merely, but as a scream of protest in the face of a society that decided to banish all who do not resemble its stereotypical image. The story begins in "Al-Mamoura," that city divided into upper and lower, where "the deficient" are hunted and classified under code "Case 111," to face a dark fate on Purification Day. But behind the Devil's Mountain, another truth is built with love not exclusion. There lies "the Hardijan," the refuge where disability turned into a language and power, and the scar into a compass of survival. We accompany Ghayth, the young man who experienced the loss of his "wings" to find himself facing his family's dark legacy and the power struggle between alleged purity and honorable human weakness. This novel is no mere dystopian fantasy, but a journey into the depths of the human psyche; a bitter question about the price of "uprightness" society imposes, and about the power latent in those we cast out. The Hardijan asks whether a society can call itself whole while excluding people who do not fit its chosen image.