In a virtual evening organized by the "Sea of ​​Culture" Foundation

Egyptian writer Ahmed Mourad: I am a big liar

Murad: I refuse to judge literature and the novel by moral standards.

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The Egyptian writer Ahmed Mourad announced that his new novel, "Locanda Bir Al-Watait", may be the nucleus of a series of novels focusing on Suleiman Al-Sioufi, the protagonist of the novel and his memoirs, expressing his refusal to try literature and the novel by ethical standards, stressing: "I write the novel with extreme sincerity and my eyes are not on cinema." .

Murad indicated that he chose the notes on which he relied in narrating the events incomplete, starting from 34 to 53 only, to arouse the reader's enthusiasm and his desire to discover and speculate on what the rest of the notes contain, especially with the reference in the novel that only this part is what works For publication from the memoirs, and perhaps the presentation of the notes is incomplete, so that the current novel would serve as a prelude to the presentation of a series of novels for "Suleiman Al-Sioufi."

Ahmed Mourad returns in “Locanda Bir al-Watait” in the nineteenth century, specifically in 1865, to begin narrating the events from the reality of the notes that were found next to the Ahmed Ibn Tulun Mosque in Old Cairo. The owner wrote them according to a numerical sequence and not the dates of days, starting from No. 34 to 53 Only, as for the owner of the diary, Suleiman Jaber Al-Sioufi, who worked as a photographer for the dead for years, takes the reader in a series of crimes and events that combine violence, mystery and excitement.

Relative classification

In response to describing the novel as a "scratcher", during the virtual evening organized by the "Bahr al-Thaqafa" Foundation, yesterday evening, Murad considered that the novel that does not violate the reader's convictions and the comfortable areas taken for granted in his character will have some defect.

He added: “Violence in the novel is deliberate, and what is mentioned in the hero’s imagination and on his tongue is an expression of his personality as a human suffering from a psychological defect, and the definition and classification of what is irritating is relative, and throughout its history the Arabic novel did not have taboos, the writings of Al-Jahiz, for example.

In general, I enjoy every moment of scratching or scribbling that the reader feels while reading my work .. Perhaps it is the writer’s sadism, and a desire to reconsider the firm convictions of the readers.

The owner of "Fortigio" and "Diamond Dust" indicated that he does not care when writing to search for a classification of what he writes, whether violence, crime, realistic or fantasy, but he is very interested in the context in which he presents his work, and he does research and study before starting to write for a period ranging between 3 and 4 months, and the research continues even while writing, and he may add things to the novel based on this research until the moment it enters the printing press, as was the case with the novel "Locanda Bear Al-Watait", where he added to it the section on old folk proverbs after discovering an old book that includes a large group of these proverbs Feeling its importance as the juicer of peoples' wisdom.

Big liar

About the imagination in his work and presenting it as if it were a reality, Murad said: “I am a big liar. I presented to you a meal of allegations about the existence of historical memoirs that include fictional characters and events as if they were a real reality. , Which is an archaeological place, but I imagined that there was a locanda in the place and created a story about the origin of the place and the reason for its name. It is a fictional story that is not based on facts as much as it is inspired by rumors that circulated about the place.

Strong loyalty

The writer Ahmed Murad confirmed that he writes the novel with great sincerity, as he was able to present two experiences of cinema without novels and the experiment succeeded, and therefore there is no need to restrict his writings to it. He also denied that the projections contained in the novel are its main focus, explaining that every reader can interpret the novels And the thoughts and projections it carries according to his point of view, and this is normal in his opinion, and all that matters to him is to provide a meal of enjoyment and out of the ordinary and isolation from this real world that is very burdensome on us, and if there are projections it is not because history repeats itself as some believe, but Because we are bringing back history, the human race has not changed since the beginning of history.

• "I presented you with a meal of allegations as if they were a real fact."

• The novel that does not violate the reader's convictions and the comfortable areas in his character is faulty.

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