Angličtina
In the crowded streets of one of Cairo's poorest neighborhoods, Youssef's dreams have crumbled. Despite earning an engineering degree, he cannot find work, and desperation makes him vulnerable to dangerous opportunities.
His charm and keen understanding of people soon attract the attention of a clandestine Salafist network involved in trafficking of Christian Coptic women. Recruited for his talent in gaining trust, Youssef is assigned a single mission: lure Marian into their web.
Marian, a Coptic woman nearing her thirties, struggles under the weight of societal expectations and the suffocating control of her overprotective mother. Lonely, conflicted, and longing for independence, she becomes the perfect target for a carefully orchestrated scheme.
But as Youssef draws closer to Marian, the boundaries between deception and genuine affection begin to blur. Faced with a choice between loyalty to the network that gave him purpose and the woman he was sent to betray, he must decide whether love can survive a foundation built on lies-or whether both of them will be consumed by forces far greater than themselves.
Set against the complex social and religious landscape of contemporary Cairo, this gripping novel explores poverty, manipulation, faith, identity, and the extraordinary courage it takes to choose humanity over ideology.
