I Married My Brother

About this book

Between "Helm's" shadows and reality's cruelty. In a world rushing after "the trend" and blurred by temporary memory, "Helm" decides to hold the threads everyone thinks ordinary, to sail into taboos' belly and unveil what is behind the curtain. The tale begins with a scream of silence inside the courtroom, where the calm preceding the storm, and words that make bodies tremble: I married my brother, Your Honor! From Texas to Sayyida Zeinab's alley, and from a life of luxury to death pursuits, Fatma Saleh Ibrahim takes us on a mysterious literary journey, where fate's threads tangle between a past carrying nostalgia's aroma in father "Aziz El-Masri's" letters, and a present mined with public-opinion cases; from organ trafficking and child kidnapping to paternity cases woven in the dark. This work is no mere novel, but a new "card" thrown in Eastern society's face, opening a confrontation front with bitter truths the dedication described as the harshest. Was the marriage legitimate? Or was it a trap set in conscience's lapse? And while everyone thinks the tale ended with the verdict's pronouncement, "Helm" begins her own battle to prove to the world that truths do not die, even if public ignorance erases them. A journey full of melancholy, inspiration, and the search for safety in a homeland the soul inhabits and the body leaves only to return broken or victorious. It is the story of "Helm" whose road was never easy.. but she did it.