Kafr Al-Abit - Osama Al-Shazly

Section: Arabic Novels

Number of pages: 150 pages

Publisher: Dar Nahdet Misr

The novel revolves around the impact of military rule on civilian life through a fictional village located on the outskirts of the Delta in Egypt. The army decides to seize some of its lands and establish a military unit next to it. As a result of the residents’ resistance and their refusal to give up their lands, the army isolates the village and imposes military rule over it.