When It Decides for Us

About this book

Between 'what if?' and the moment preceding the abyss. Have you ever wondered about those silent seconds preceding your utterance of the word 'yes' or 'no'? That fragile gray zone where everything is still possible, before the decision closes the doors behind you. In his new book 'When It Decides for Us,' Hussein Ismail takes us on an intensive narrative journey that does not search for false heroisms but digs into the wreckage of small moments we thought passing, to discover they are the ones that reshaped our selves. The work skillfully moves between tangible human reality and a future creeping toward us quietly; a future that does not steal our freedom by force but redefines it through the 'algorithms' of comfort, where man is exempted from the burden of choice only to find himself gradually a stranger to his own life. From the story of 'Saleem,' who perceives the world through voice tones searching for honesty not form, to the world of 'Abdelhay,' who discovers death was not life's enemy but the one granting it meaning and its hidden tension. This collection.