"The faces of the vendors are an exciting display of features, as if the Friday market is not a market for goods as much as it is a market for people. A young saleswoman who appears to be a new bride went out to the market a few days later. Next to the bride is a man with grim features, with a great furrow on his face that splits the left side lengthwise from the sideburns. Even the chin is in the shape of an arc... How did you kiss him as a husband?!

The novel "People of the Market" is the last work of the late writer Fouad Qandil. Its events take place in the Friday market in Sayyida Aisha.

Through the novel's characters, we know the beginning of the market. We also know the previous history of some sellers. They are characters of different character, profession, and social level. Each of them has its own story. Perhaps it did not come to the mind of any of us as we passed through the market, whether just as a buyer or as a surveyor.