Publisher · Egyptian Sudanese Emirati Publishing and Distribution
In the Presence of Bashaba
Edition details
- ISBN
- 9786338425067
- Binding
- Paperback
- Book language
- Arabic
- Pages
- 130
- Publication date
- 2026-02-10
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The narrator of In the Presence of Bashaba believes misfortune announced his birth: lights failed, mirrors broke, and darkness entered with his first cry. Calling himself a messenger of death, he follows a trail of calamity that harms strangers and family alike. Amr Ali blurs reality and the supernatural as the character questions whether people shape their destinies or serve as figures in a cosmic drama. The mounting horror becomes a desperate attempt to cleanse an inherited curse before it reaches its final victim.