To read as if you were living, and to live as if you were learning for the first time about the lives of people whom you thought historical blogs had said all about and that was it. All those who came to El Mahrousa had to be like Charles, lovers of beauty and creators of it. In this novel, we move with the steps of Charles and his simple Egyptian companions: Asfour the Blacksmith, the Prophet Sirhan, and Ayoub the Seven, illuminated by the voice of Omar Makram towards the birth of a dream and the formation of a new horizon for the future.

ناصر عراق روائي وإعلامي وكاتب صحفي مصري، تخرج في كلية الفنون الجميلة. صدرت له روايات: "أزمنة من غبار" 2006، "من فرط الغرام" 2008 ، "تاج الهدهد" 2012، حصل على العديد من الجوائز وقد وصلت رواية "العاطل" إلى القائمة القصيرة في الجائزة العالمية للرواية العربية "البوكر" الدورة الخامسة 2012 ، "نسـاء القاهرة . دبي" 2014، "الأزبكية" 2015، "الكومبارس" 2016، "البلاط الأسود" 2017.