The Cursed Ones

About this book

Have you ever wondered whether the silence wrapping villages at dusk is mere stillness, or a mask hiding behind it breaths not belonging to our world? In "The Cursed Ones," writer Ahmed El-Refaie takes us beyond the veils, where legend meets bitter reality in a journey seeking truth amid the rubble of forgotten souls. The story begins with a stifled scream in the depths of the Egyptian countryside, where "the naddaha" is no mere fable villagers chat about, but embodied pain and vengeance wearing the robe of mystery. Between corpses floating on the canal's surface and hearts gripped by terror, Dr. Adam, the paranormal expert, advances to face not only the powers of darkness, but to probe the cellars of the human psyche and the sins it commits. This novel is no mere narration of supernatural events, but a human meditation on the concept of curse; is it a jinni accompanying us, or our choice of evil when the compass is lost? Officer Hossam El-Din and journalist Farida accompany us on this road, to discover that confronting "Nasour," that.