This novel is one of the first Egyptian novels to reflect a painful national reality, drawing inspiration from the Denshawai disaster of 1906. This incident was not merely a passing chapter in history, but rather a spark of awareness that ignited the flames of resistance and contributed to shaping the national spirit that culminated in the 1919 Revolution. Mahmoud Taher Haqqi wrote this novel as a witness to the era of colonial oppression, employing a simple yet deeply moving style that brings the reader closer to the tragedy, as if hearing the echoes of the screams and seeing the looks of terror in the eyes of the innocent who were brought before a court that was nothing more than a stage for the presentation of unjust rulings. The narrative was not merely a presentation of facts; rather, it explored the roots of injustice and revealed the way in which justice was used as a tool of brutality against ordinary peasants, who found themselves, overnight, before a judiciary that sought not the truth, but rather scapegoats to be sacrificed to the tyranny of the occupation. In the novel's pages, it is revealed how public punishment became a means of terrorizing an entire people, as death sentences, floggings, and displacement were carried out before the eyes of the people, in a scene that was not merely an act of revenge, but a clear message that force alone can enforce the law.
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