Shams

About this book

Have you ever wondered about those souls we pass by in the cities' crowd, not knowing that behind their silence hide screams that shake mountains? "Shams" is no mere novel, but a human mirror reflecting the faces wearied by the search for identity in a time hearts lost their way. The tale begins with "Farid," the man who thought his life calm until he found himself drowning in diary-like confessions thrown at his doorstep, confessions of a woman called "Shams" who decided to burn the past with truth's light. Between forgotten villages' alleys and harsh cities' din, we accompany "Shams" on her rugged journey; a child torn from her roots, a young woman facing love's disappointments, and a woman broken by circumstances until pushed to the abyss's edge. But in the depth of darkness, she meets kindred souls; "Gamila," "Sanaa," and "Yasmin".. women each with a pain story, a sin, and a repentance searching for forgiveness. Mystery mingles with inspiration when we discover that "Shams" is "Nadia" herself, the dream "Farid" chased in graveyards and memory's folds. This work is an invitation to storm the human "secret self," where no absolute white or black exists, but a spectrum of weak, aspiring human feelings yearning for salvation. Will the sun rise again to light the lost identity's road? Or will absence be the only possible ending? It is a novel for those who tasted injustice and still hope for an embrace mending their souls' fragments.