Strangers like Hussein

Strangers like Hussein | Novel

  • Author: Abdul Jabbar Nasser
  • Category: Novels, Stories, and Poetry

Strangers like Hussein opens its story with this pivotal moment: An Iranian officer went towards the soldier who had opened fire, confronted him, and came back to us saying: “The soldier was right. Your friend committed a major sin that required him to be shot. He urinated while standing up, and this is forbidden.” An elderly prisoner spoke to the... Discover how its threads unfold.

An Iranian officer went towards the soldier who had opened fire, confronted him, and came back to us saying: “The soldier was right. Your friend committed a major sin that required him to be shot. He urinated while standing up, and this is forbidden.” An elderly prisoner spoke to the officer: Urinating while standing is not forbidden in all sects of Islam. As for killing this young man, it is a major crime and forbidden in the beliefs of all the people of the earth. In a region whose space is sulky cruelty, nothingness, and hope, the novel depicts the restrictions of the captivity of the citizen (the narrator) in his country under the regimes of oppression, and the restrictions of captivity in countries that claim to implement Islam. You see which of the two captives is harsher; Capturing the soul in its homeland, or captivating it in a foreignness that resembles nothingness?!

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