When Breathing Became a Crime

About this book

This title is published by Dar Helm Al-Shabab for Publishing and Distribution. In When Breathing Became a Crime, a sultan claims control over nature itself. His people are forbidden the simplest pleasures, from the shade of trees to the touch of rain. Everyday desires expose them to punishment and imprisonment. As resistance emerges from unexpected places, the struggle for dignity moves closer to the palace. Marwa Abdel Gawad's dystopian novel explores absolute power and the human cost of a society that treats survival as a crime.