There is always a dark, hideous side within our souls that we wish life would not force us to encounter, or to deal with those who cause it to appear. But I did encounter it, and life, with its transformations, put me in a confrontation with my worst enemy: myself.

شريف حمد الله قاضي مصري، مواليد الثمانينيات. له مجموعتين قصصيتين وهما: ورد وسكر/ البعض يذهب إلى الموت مرتين. وتعتبر "ابن صفية" عمله الروائي الأول.