الأناشيد للآلهة والنياشين للحمقى

In the world of journalism, politics, and the night lights of Cairo, our hero thinks he is holding the strings of the game. He knows when to be silent, when to maneuver, and how to emerge from crises like a hair out of dough. His life is going according to a precise plan to reach the top, away from the “fools” who are waiting for medals. But one phone call in the middle of the night was enough to completely shatter the papers. The sudden disappearance of Sherine after a night he spent with her puts him in front of two possibilities: either he loses everything in a devastating scandal, or he crosses all red lines to save himself. While he searches for a way out, “Rabab,” a night driver, appears, leading him through the city’s back streets, revealing to him another side of life... and himself. From “Al-Manial” to the newspaper corridors, from suspicious deals to moments of human weakness, the hero fights a fierce battle, in which there is no black and white... only gray areas, harsh decisions, and a great game in which the smartest remain, not the honorable. Muhammad Al-Burmi; An Egyptian journalist, novelist, and storyteller, he won the Sawiris Cultural Award in 2022, for his short story collection “For Lovers, Scoundrels, and Bandits,” and his second collection, “He Attracts Metals and Loves Dogs,” in 2023, was shortlisted for the same award, and his book “All or Nothing - About Football and Dressing Room Dreams” was published. He worked in a number of institutions, including Al-Ghad Al-Arabi Channel, editor-in-chief of the Al-Masry Al-Youm website, and editor-in-chief of the Saudi newspaper Ajel.