Within a Sufi framework held by Al-Attar’s granddaughter, the events of this novel take place in the critical period that Egypt is experiencing before the emergence of the Fatimid state and in its beginnings. It depicts the social situation of the Egyptian people at that time, and the political conflicts hidden under the cloak of religion.
In “The Vision of the Eye,” Mustafa Moussa weaves two parallel stories that go side by side, and are intertwined with a third heritage story narrated by “Ablaa” over many years. Fates intersect, destinies are drawn, and the facts of a conflict that will last forever are revealed.
City of Roses / Part 2: We all know that flowers have a beautiful life and their sweet, irresistible scent, and there are those who care for them and take care of them, and they are the children of the “human being of roses” until they become strong and face difficulties despite everything bad that happens to them, but their being is delicate and weak, quickly shaken by problems and withering. Until it becomes weak and dry, and thus it is fit for the needs of the picturesque “City of Roses” and its good residents, and there is a just and merciful king over his flowers and the children of “Bishr al-Ward” and he does not accept injustice when one of them invades, so he punishes the one who wronged and honors the oppressed, and you help him. A wonderful and wise princess to renew and develop the “City of Roses” until it became modern in life and view... (Let us go through a new experience together in the depths of the fictional novel and sail with its heroes until the end)...
It expresses the man’s point of view towards the female who always wants to be the complementary part to him. No man is complete without the beauty of that part. The true female, which I talked about in the book, is the one who is everything to the man - she may or may not be, and the female must have complete faith. That she is a real female, with her own characteristics that distinguish her from others, and that the man should not have an opponent or rival because she will distance herself from him and lose him. The man is not like the female. The beauty and strength of each gender is in its qualities and the characteristics it carries that the other party needs. The man, despite his strength and power, seeks a female to embrace him. And she eases it, and when a female finds a man next to her, she is like a fierce lion in her strength, steadfastness, and self-confidence. The man and the female... are two sides of the same coin whose title is - life - (checkmate). O heart, if you do not find someone to complete you.
Sweet Batush, Batoul, Turkish Comfort, Mrs. Hard Coin, different names for one woman whose trace has been lost, and finding her alive or dead has become necessary so that her family can obtain a large estate inherited by the mysterious woman; The journey to search for her becomes an opportunity to discover the secrets of the high society of which Batoul was once a part. It is a journey of ups, downs, and transformations of a woman who manipulated everyone and took revenge on them in order to avenge an injustice after she hid a mysterious secret behind her captivating laugh.
In this book, Aziz Nissin directs his harsh criticism to expose the “rot” that has befallen the velvety layers of society, and the opportunism, vulgarity, and absence of values that prevail in them, but he does so by mocking the situations and paradoxes that make men blind their eyes to what they do not want to believe, and voluntarily surrender. To the deceptions and vicissitudes of a sweet Kaptosh playful girl.