This book digs into past events, proposing readings and assumptions that contribute to presenting another narrative of modern Egyptian history, by raising questions that may represent a new clash with official history, as the writer wonders - according to many data - about the national legend of Mustafa Kamel, which is laden with exaggerations to paint a picture. Untrue for an exceptional leader, and presents the other side of the veteran politician Ismail Pasha Sidqi, which is opposite to the prevailing image in historical writings, as well as raising the forbidden question about what Muhammad Naguib was supposed to be like if he had continued in power as president of Egypt, using his opinions, speeches, and statements that predict a dictator. He didn't take his chance! The book also presents a new discovery about the woman who turned Sayyid Qutb's life around, and transformed him from a gentle writer and critic into a hard-line Takfiri thinker. The book also adds for the first time new defendants in the crime of assassinating the late President Mohamed Anwar Sadat, who were not included in the indictment, perhaps because people loved them. Or their great admiration for them!

باحث وروائي مصري، يعمل بالصحافة. صدر له عشرون كتابًا. فاز بجوائز نقابة الصحفيين في الكتابة أربع مرات، وفاز كتابه «مذكرات توماس راسل حكمدار القاهرة» بجائزة أفضل عمل مُترجم بمعرض القاهرة الدولي للكتاب عام 2021م.